Riata
Inn
Mountain views
just outside Marfa
Hwy 90 East • Marfa
Swimming pool
Microwaves/Fridges
Wireless internet
432.729.3800
James King, Agent
Protecting Clients. Conserving the Land.
109 State Street, Suite 1 • Fort Davis
432.386.2823 • kinglandandwater.com
The Old Whitfords
are back!
Time Country and Cowboy Music
Playing almost nightly at the Hallie Stillwell Hall of Fame
Call for times 432.376.2244
www.stillwellstore.com • www.thewhitfordsmusic.com
39 miles south of Marathon
and 6 miles east of 385 on Ranch Road 2627
20
Cenizo
First Quarter 2010
Poetry
ON FINDING SOMEONE
If on some better than average day
I should be riding along
Observing – not expecting – well maybe
And should see just as hoof swept by
One flawless arrow point –
If on that bright shining morning
I should step down to lift this point
Turning it delicately – feeling its smoothness
Beneath my fingertips
I would marvel at its perfection
At the way some ancient one
Had tempered and crafted such beauty,
At how it came to lie there
All these centuries – covered – uncovered
Rehidden – reexposed
Until it came to me
To happen by this place
On this day made now more perfect.
And I would ponder such things
As coincidence and circles and synchronicity,
And I would pocket this treasure near my heart.
And riding on I would recall
Having seen such treasure as this elsewhere
But not this one – not this one.
And for one brief moment I would stiffen with fear
At how one quick glance in another direction
Could have lost this to me forever,
And I would touch my shirt over my heart
Just to make sure.
Joel Nelson