An Early Morning Tucson Ride In The Latter Days Of May

The bright Tucson morning sun
Defines everything in our
Foreground as we roll by

While the surrounding mountains
Are silhouettes behind misty-blue vails
Too early for the mists to have burned off

But closer peaks and mounds like
Tumamac (the horned lizard)
And A Mountain stand sharply revealed

Crystal clear
In Sol’s morning glare
While the surrounding ranges

Remain but silhouettes
Behind veils
Misty and blue

Put me in a whimsical mood

–LE -5/22/25