Against the Rubble

Nature loves to hide—        stopping on a trail                 I spot a horned lizard that, stilled near my shoes         against the rubble                 of sandstone and quartz, blends in; heading uphill         I mark a budding                 pincushion cactus and tips of piñons         greener after rain—                the green of trinitite holds a trace of the tower;        an observer remarked                the heat at twelve […]