Far Out Ring fancy mood ring like the time we found

like the time we found the a silk pocket hidden deep in the lining of a thrift store coat

The game continues long after the mat’s rolled up

nailed the sheet to the wall

Stone Repair- whether it chipped or fell out

The sky is a bowl turned upside down

Far Out Ring fancy mood ring like the time we foundWe go to Marfa to see the sculptures, concrete giants, all right angles and smoothness, absolute, their straight lines throwing the wildness of the desert into high relief. Holding hands, rings twinned, we follow a little path, overgrown with bright gold flowering damianita, Texas ranger in full vivid bloom. We find a lake springing out of nowhere, an archipelago of islands, wild Texas longhorns and leggy waterbirds wading, little foamy waves lapping