The Van of Life

I found a place much farther away
and more foreign than
Mexico

Much heavier

No cops
No narcos
No soldiers

Only clouds,
Angels,
Heavenly tears,
Hellfire

Tonight I will bathe in a mountain,

Sleep balanced

On top of a river

I have driven The Van of Life
to the end of the world

I looked over the edge

The canyon is paved
with bottomless
stars

The sky is an opulent,
alien circus

Trees dance like a wildfire

On the galaxy surface

I tossed a diamond ring

Into

The scenic abyss;

The diamond ring screamed

In absolute horror;

The mountains absorbed it,

The trees trampled it

Down

I am the last scene
of Jeremiah Johnson

I shave in the driver's seat

My bear hat is tired

8.20.25