Dust Bowl High

Sunglasses shade me under fig 
trees,
Our star weights heavy on a basket 
case,
No warm embrace for the northern 
forests,
We horde this titan for our own 
shores,
Roll and rock and roll your mind to 
the vast expanse,
Die inside before your time, before 
the reaper calls,
Sticks and stones, stones into bread,
The dust in the is bowl is going to 
my head,
Clothed in horrors and horns, 
devouring native villages in my path,
A sinister wind propels our ships of 
dragon skin,
Colors shift to thoughts, trees to 
pillars of salt,
In this, the most unlikely of 
platforms for rebirth
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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April 13, 2012 at 5:21 AM
A warm welcome to PoetrySoup I offer to you Jake. I wish for you the best in your writing endeavors whatever they may be. May you find inspiration by reading some of the poetry written here by other poets. May the sun shine on you that you might find great joy in your life. Love, Carol
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