Cenizo Journal Summer 2010 | Page 19

In Alpine, Texas Seasons Greetings The locals, with greatest care, curry their stallions and their mares, The desert travels in funnels of dust and saddlery is still a thriving business. The evenings are lavender, abuzz with hummingbirds whose throats are dazzling, jagged with purple thunderbolts. Even the tap water, sucked up from the wells, is clear and cold, valuable as liquid diamonds. Devils blasting their way across the arid land Marfa Table Seasonal * Local * Fresh eat-in & carry-out 109 south highland marfa tel. 432.729.3663 (food) marfatable.com The ocean shuffles back and forth endlessly Leaving this and taking back that Larry D. Thomas New highs lows and stormings Pacific Offensive In the new warming Steely gray cloud-ships slice cumulus waves, darkening sky with spray. The seasons raging Each in its way Sloppy drops strike earth; searing, steam rising, scenting air. Cold bullets pelt hot skin, exhausting mental steam, cleansing dusty being. Bed & Breakfast and Ecology Resource Center Flowers By Kate Special occasion arrangements 432.386.4165 Ave C & N 3rd • Marathon, TX [email protected] The Sun the Moon trying to have their sway Landscape and pedestrian surrender, polished with precision to a bright, clean sheen. With the footprint of man in the way William H. Darby III Ken Whitley Music To Your Ears CDs • DVDs • Vinyl Games • Special Orders Tue - Sat 10-6 203 E Holland Ave, Alpine 432.837.1055 [email protected] Cenizo Third Quarter 2010 19