Moonstruck rust, enchanted rust
Gathering substance,
Spiraling up, descending crescendos
Spidering spells across ground
Boundaries
Of air, rock, hills, backroad towns...
Backbone ridges in
Time-tinted tin...
Sheds, webs of buckets, plows,
Wagon wheels...
Shreds, straps of harnesses
From upon-a-time mules
Dusting through rows flattened by
Sunstruck rust, twilight rust...
Passed by ritual busses, S.U.V.'s,
Cell phones speaking of hotels,
Scenery in Chattanooga.
Turkeys c**k an eye toward
Medicine robes secluding
Four-house towns,
Descending invisibility on
Kitchens of corn bread,
Gravy, pork chops.
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