trotting up 5000 ft tabletop rim
saddled on chocolate oro buckskin,
regarding all directions at once
inhaling the scope of possible sagas:
the joy of learning without borders inspires,
unprecedented trails orchestrating such a ride
sparks and light emanate
embracing the dancing melting sun,
and flower dense ocotillos
to form this forward path:
riffing progressive pirouettes
a onetime journey this,
ridden in succulent song,
swept up by southwest coming-on-anyhow gusts showering:
reflecting desert focus
in up-tempo brilliant time
a mythical path unimagined
rambling on a rising journey,
splintering through well disguised obstacles:
roadblocks such as walls begetting borders
inexorably confining as man's laws
Tucson
1992