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Blue denim stiff with alkali dust
He rolls a cigarette, strikes a match
The Sangre peaks eat rust
Horizon bleeds without a catch
[Pre-
Torch tip cools in shade of tin
Night shift ends, day begins
Coffee black in chipped enamel cup
He watches dust devils spin up
Blue denim dawn on Santa Fe
Welder rests his torch today
Salt air memory, far away
But the beam holds, come what may
Light keeps burning on the bay
Motel sign flickers, buzzing red
Paint peels back like sunburnt skin
He wipes the sweat from brow and lid
Another day lets light begin
[Pre-
Torch tip cools in shade of tin
Night shift ends, day begins
Coffee black in chipped enamel cup
He watches dust devils spin up
Blue denim dawn on Santa Fe
Welder rests his torch today
Salt air memory, far away
But the beam holds, come what may
Light keeps burning on the bay
Sangre Cristo, wall of stone
Catches fire, turns to gold
He welded gates on county roads
Mile by mile, the story told
Foghorn memory in his chest
Desert silence puts it to rest
No lantern room, no glass to clean
Just open sky and gasoline
Blue denim dawn on Santa Fe
Welder rests his torch today
Salt air memory, far away
But the beam holds, come what may
Light keeps burning on the bay
Pickup truck beds down in dirt
Tools locked tight in rusted box
Stars come out to claim the hurt
Night belongs to fox and hawk
Blue denim dawn on Santa Fe
Welder rests his torch today
Salt air memory, far away
But the beam holds, come what may
Light keeps burning on the bay
Torch clicks off. The day is done.
Keeper's log: another sun.
