poetry
by Larry D. Thomas
Farm Road 1776
(Coyanosa, far West Texas)
The hamlet
never grew big enough
to make it
The Colors
(Coyanosa, far West Texas)
although bleached
to the peeling yellows,
reds, blues, greens,
and lavenders of crayons
reduced to stubs:
the colors of houses
doomed to the brutal
machinations
of desiccation,
are the only surviving
hints of the vital men,
women and children
to the west side
of the highway.
The small general store,
barely hanging on
behind its façade
of weathered planks,
is kept alive
more by passersby
than townsfolk.
Quilts
Etc.
The highway
runs north and south,
the last brittle,
fraying thread
stringing Coyanosa
to the cosmos.
by
who called the houses homes.
Even the prickly pears
anchored in hardpan
Marguerite
Made in the Big Bend
HWY 118 • Terlingua
3/4 mile N of HWY 170
432.371.2292
once the loam of gardens,
their leathery pads drooped
in times of drought, wax purple.
AYN FOUNDATION
(DAS MAXIMUM)
ANDY WARHOL
“The Last Supper”
MARIA ZERRES
“September Eleven”
Brite Building 107-109 N Highland, Marfa
Open weekends noon to 5 pm
For hours, please call: 432.729.3315
or visit www.aynfoundation.com
Cenizo
Second Quarter 2014
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