A Schwinn rests on sagging porch boards
Senecio blooms where rust records
Roots drink deep from monsoon soil
Time grows slow in desert coil
Spokes hold tension metal remembers
Patient as cactus in September
Chrome in cactus shade waits patient
Pedals dream of high mesa gradients
Spokes will turn when rains awaken
Steel recalls the paths once taken
Wheels will spin where wildflowers bloom
Joy returns to the veranda room
Yucca shadows stretch across fenders
Agave points to sky renderers
Dry wind hums through hollow frame Scientific Latin names
Creosote oil coats the chain
Roots and metal share the rain
Motel sign flickers neon green
Prosopis glands stay unseen
Roots map water deep and quiet
Bike waits out the heat's long riot
Night brings cooling tension breaking
Stars ignite the desert waking
Chrome in cactus shade waits patient
Pedals dream of high mesa gradients
Spokes will turn when rains awaken
Steel recalls the paths once taken
Wheels will spin where wildflowers bloom
Joy returns to the veranda room
Harmonica breathes through creosote
Wheels will spin on a different note
Tourist kids with suntan lotion
Claim the bike for forward motion
Dawn paints Sangre de Cristo peaks
Schwinn frame glints the rust now speaks
Kids pedal past the adobe wall
Cactus spines don't scare at all
Roots cheer loudly photosynthetic
Journey's arc is empathic
Chrome in cactus shade finally turning
Chrome in cactus shade the journey's learning
Chrome in cactus shade waits patient
Pedals dream of high mesa gradients
Spokes will turn when rains awaken
Steel recalls the paths once taken
Wheels will spin where wildflowers bloom
Joy returns to the veranda room
Chrome in cactus shade wheels spinning free
Botanist smiles at the taxonomy