Badlands Loop

4 July 2014, South Dakota Badlands

Illustrating superposition

the Loop isn't a loop at all

it's pull-out punctuated pavement

with guardhouses at either end

Ideals form at the base

Expectations settle on top

but rarely does one trade in

the currency of the other

Headlights reveal our plan

as a two-dimensional cutout

Sedimentary chipboard

tacked to the prairie floor