I love the red earth
The red rock
This sunburned country
The red rock
This sunburned country
It touches my soul
In many ways
We give more reverence
To the dead
Than the living
Some get the blues
They can’t condone
The forest stripped
To barest bone
Like today, in this dry desert heat
With only the apples from yesterday
A can of baked beans, for a campfire dinner
And tomorrow morning’s apple-cinnamon oatmeal