it’s early
but it’s getting dark anyway
half sun sending orange light
across the flat red river valley
we drive the highway south
sometimes trees get in the way
but then the bright brilliance
penetrates again
too warm for sundogs
but orange reflections
linger in winter blue sky
If we drove southwest
how fast would we have to go to keep up with
the burning brightness?
navigating the curve of the earth
in this almost snowless prairie wilderness
the beauty only lasts a few minutes
and then night descends like a
thin blanket
on our lonely and silent thoughts
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