truth or consequences

it's that kind of place

ready made for mavericks

ruled by silver women

single

and barren as the burled back

of black mesas

tracking dust

everywhere they go

picking it from their teeth

sifting it between their teats

hiring someone else

to sweep it up

speak your mind

then leave

or else these queens

might cock the hammer

the reward for hangin' round

truth is

they bless the sand they scrape in

and curse the men

that led them here

5/14/21 Madrid, New Mexico