I capture this rectangle
of black and white,
as if it can be framed
by my Instamatic camera.
Bones blanch white in desert sun.
Skulls testify, mourn flesh and rivers
of blood that stain rock sunset red.
The sky is on fire, a desolate orange.
My poems and stories have appeared in over 200 online
and print publications, including: Margie, Yankee,
America, The Pedestal Magazine, Barnwood, Indiana Review, Quarterly West, Carolina Quarterly, Byline, and various anthologies, the most recent is Not What I Expected to be released by Paycock Press in March
2007.