snapshots

deep pine grows stunted on red clay side of the road pullouts

rustmark tears leakdown from screws in a metal sign

paint peeling on woodsided farm houses

barn roofs falling in

the silos

there's sand on the boardwalks blowing

oceanspray off the black rock

big bear candyland unreal

the view of mountains like waves

rolling away

tumbleweeds and garbage cans blowjumble along a night bordertown road 3am

shoes on the line thrown over laces tied

boots on fenceposts

nests up in the eaves

swarms of locusts like a bakersfield plague

kudzu bbq limeade

dust devils alive and dancing

swampland

jefferson ward

broadstreet

the stench of alleys

packs of wild dogs there

homeless eyes in fancy cars

hookers in north hollywood

gladiators in the tenderloin shaved to the eyebrows

terrified monsters with backstage passes

the plastic shine long since flaked away

greyhound rows of metal frame chairs

it's loose loose loose in that there

slippery

trainyard metal tar smell

tired faces

empty human places