Searching for masculinity and maternity in the American Southwest

I wish I knew the name of every tree
as intimately as brands of insurance
I won’t buy for lives I won’t lead

A necessary tonal shift in branded social during a global pandemic.

Scrolling an artist’s feed in the morning
with my coffee and my loathing,
color corrected pictures of buildings
or incongruous…

lifting every rock
in the lower desert
looking for salvation scorpions
so they may sting me stupid with spirituality,
i…

Here I have! And hold all that I am
on this perfect Saturday morning