Badlands Preacher
He prowls the desert sands
Soundlessly ambling between
Saguaro, Agaves, and sand-devils
He’s a sixth sense for morality
A gun for the wicked
A crucifix his holy license
The sun beats down
He stalks an evil den
But a mirage in the end
–LE – 1/30/26
CynOp 
3 responses to “Badlands Preacher”
Both poem and painting put me in mind of Roland the Gunslinger in Stephen King’s Dark Tower Series. I thought it a great series, though it leaned heavily into the fantasy genre.
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Now that you mention it, I can see it. I read that series, I don’t know, maybe ten years ago… and I did enjoy it for the most part, though the protagonist went down a few ‘rabit holes’ I wasn’t particularly interested in. That’s one of the problems I have with King … ‘rabit holes’ … plus, I’m not a big fan of ‘psychological thrillers’ anyway… a little too depressing for me to actually ‘enjoy’ … as entertainment… more like ‘work’ slogging through them…; -)
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To each his own.
I’m currently reading a series of short novels titled “Confessions of a Trash Droid”. I don’t know if you ever watched the tv series Futurama, but Tedd in the Droid books reminds me of Bender from Futurama.
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