C.D. Jones
Poem
we take the long way
to marfa
desert highway
six under the limit
stop for amaretto ice cream
one scoop
melts fast in the lost horse saloon
parking lot
buy used leather
boots with cash
at lunch she meets
a jowly man in the restroom
they plant a bald cypress out back
she returns in an armadillo coat
the black dress purchased
at dave’s thrift last wednesday
beneath
at sunset the cypress is a forest
she lays three bluebonnets
at the edge
we drive back
headlights off
I buried a man she says
I know
I was there