Prelude/Storm

Powdery grey dust

cushions dusky mules

snooping past coyote haunts

thatched juniper trails.

High, pink-winged smudges

billow puffed-up plums

branding hoo doo pillars

domed cobalt shadows.

Pinon scented wind

coaxes lacey orbs

whistling through cholla groves

fringed lightning fingers.

Slurry glass droplets

moisten velvet buttes

weaving wet moire threads

veined silk shot blankets.