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High Desert Art

Fortune

12/6/2024

Fate
Swirls
The
Tealeaves
Of
These
Days,
The
Promise
And
The
Praise,
The
Dregs
Of
Destiny
Blend,
Descend
And
Fall,
Revealing
Patterns
Of
Despair
Amid
Joy’s
Brief
Share,
And
We
Are
Stranded
There,
At
Rest
Between
The
Unknown
Worst
And
Best,
The
Lost
And
Won,
Quickly
Rinse
The
Cup,
And
All
Is
Gone.

Changed

11/29/2024

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The
Last
Leaves
Hang
Golden
In
The
Sun,
Autumn
Nearly
Done.
Today,
The
Chill
Breath
Of
Winter
Slides
Down
The
Mountain
Hills,
As
The
Desert
Town
Turns
Around
Into
Itself,
Closes
Summer
Gates,
And
Waits.

November Song

11/22/2024

Yellow
Elm
Leaves
Fly
Down
From
On
High
And
Hit
The
Ground
With
A
Sigh.
There,
They
Eddy
And
Swirl
In
The
Wind
To
Pause
In
Stacks
Against
The
Backs
Of
Far
Walls
And
Whisper
Rustle
In
The
Breeze,
Careless
Autumn
To
Please.

Nocturne

11/15/2024

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In
My
Head,
I Carry
The
Faces
Of
The
Dead,
And
Every
Night,
I See
Them
In
My
Dreams.
This
Seems
The
Cost
Of
Lovers
Lost
And
Words
Unsaid,
Of
Those
Once
Dear
I Left
Behind,
That
Year
After
Year,
Linger
In
My
Mind.

The Chosen

11/8/2024

In
This
Round
World,
Innocence
Is
Lost.
Crime’s
Tally
Reckons
Up
The
Cost
And
Madmen
Seize
The
Reins.
What
Remains
Grows
Barren
As
The
Winter
Trees,
And
In
The
Ease
Of
Silence,
Violence
Comes,
A
Heated
Breeze
Of
Rampant
Fires,
While
Liberty
Expires.

Election Direction

11/2/2024

Days
Of
Tension,
Hope
In
Suspension,
Waiting
For
The
Day,
Worrying
What
The
Nation
Will
Say.
One
Way
Bigotry
And
Hate,
Opening
The
Gate
Of
Tyranny,
One
Way
Will
Save
Us,
The
True
Path
Toward
Freedoms
We
Crave,
The
Wrong
Way
Toward
Their
Grave.

Mortality

10/26/2024

Darkness
Falls
Fast
And
It’s
Night,
While
The
Sky
Remains
Blue
Bright,
Then
Swiftly
Turns
Gray
And
It’s
The
End
Of
Day.
So
It
Is
With
Age,
Death
Closes
The
Book
On
One
Last
Page
And
With
A
Final
Breath,
Before
Regret,
We
Forget.

Mid-October

10/16/2024

It
Was
Summer
Until
Yesterday,
Then
The
Wind
Came
And
Blew
It
All
Away.
Now
The
Dawn
Sky
Is
Golden
Gray
And
Chill,
As
Autumn
Turns
Aside
To
Hide
The
Sun,
This
Wintry
Time
Begun.

High Up

10/11/2024

There
Is
A
Bright
Half
Moon
Tonight,
Yellow
White
Against
The
Cobalt
Sky
With
A
One
Eyed
Smile,
Looking
Closer
Than
A
Mile
Or
Two,
Gazing
Down
For
All
To
See,
In
A
Hemisphere
Of
Sleepless
Fools
Like
Me.

That Day

10/6/2024