Three sentinels stand watch
Over the graves of
Cowboys and movie stars
Where the Navajo stand fast
Over the graves of
Cowboys and movie stars
Where the Navajo stand fast
“What?”
“The Jesus Effect,” I say more loudly. “When the sun comes through the clouds in shimmering rays like that.”
A marble that never rolled an inch
Nor was shot from a giant’s thumb
Nor tossed by demonic whim
Sitting here in the sun
Sturdy as the crystalline block
He once was on this very spot