First Sunday In January – Morning Ride

the morning air was heavy and thick
hazy sunshine filtered through
the thickly marbled sky

encountered only a couple of
dog-walkers using the Loop
and a paint horse and rider
leisurely ambling south
in the dry riverbed

yellow goat head thorn blossoms
cyclists with air-filled tires’ bane
covered large swaths of
the Loop’s sides

along with an abundance of yellow
Brittlebush blossoms
sprouted by the recent rains

so went the morning ride
this first Sunday in January

–LE – 1/4/26