I laid bare
plaid patterns in full force
feathered like a summer snow
reaching beyond the
ball bearings
bringing about a time honored trait
sweat and furrowed brow
urban blight
giving rise to
urban flight
it registers
light and forlorn
swigging down whiskey
in place of wine
brandy is brought to
mark the gap between
two bridges of light
bearing cables to rage
galloping through
smoke and whispers
a sky uncovers the
dust baked into the
asphalt a thick acrid smell
unlike dust from rain on the east coast
where the rain is more frequent