WATCHING CROW, LOOKING SOUTH TOWARD
THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS

crow floats in winter sun

a black sliver

in a white ocean of sky

crow is the horizon

drifting south of Albuquerque

the horizon dances

along the blue edge

of the Manzanos

wind is an arch

a curve

on the black wing of crow

a warm south wind

if it stays for a while

will keep a crow dancing for thirty years

on the ridge

of a blue mountain breeze