unfamiliar tracks cross the path
when was the last time something came across here?
it has not rained in quite some time
four legs or two, this thing was big
variegated fur between leaves falling
a flash of recognition, temporal stalling
fissures open where the gophers have been
who's driving this vehicle?
wheels rolling fifteen feet wide
tree line fixtures attach to mountain pastures
forded rivers mollify flood plain fields
cyclical recurrence against painted brick walls
fitful dreaming vaults to actual limbering
lumber or liver ranges for simmering
archaeology toolkit bounding portions of bone
finding what I wasn't looking for
a street paved with stone
Roman Ryan 