Mid-June Morning Ride

Under a pristine sky
Blue misty mountains
All around

While solar stamped
Bar and QR codes
Mark our definitive
Positions on the long
Road to nowhere

Another of life’s ironies

Roadrunner cocked and
Ready for the starting gun
Peering down that long road

Prairie dog pups skittering
Over the coarse dry ground
As heat waves rise
Making the distance ripple
LIke a mirage

Heading home for the
AC and a strawberry
Popsicle

–LE – 6/19/25