Artemisia roots crack the screen base
Quercus seedlings drink the projector's gaze
Calcareous loam holds the speaker wire
Mycorrhiza maps where the tires retire
Copper foil wraps the jagged glass edge
Flux burns clean on the broken pledge
Opalescent shards catch the desert sun
Solder beads where the light begins
Lead and loam bind the broken frame
Root and ribbon spell the same name
Light pours through where the asphalt cracked
Two quiet hands put the pieces back
Taproot follows the concession slab
Lenticels breathe in the ticket tab
Rhizome creeps past the rusted pole
Xylem drinks what the rain made whole
Lead and loam bind the broken frame
Root and ribbon spell the same name
Light pours through where the asphalt cracked
Two quiet hands put the pieces back
I read the soil in Latin verse
I read the light in leaded curves
Quercus alba claims the screen
Cathedral glass makes the night clean
Patience measures years in rings
Patience counts the solder stings
Grinder sings on the amber sheet
Pattern lines where the projections meet
Kiln-fired paint on the shepherd's face
Cartoon burns leaving only trace
Juniper anchors the speaker post
Sagebrush grows where the cars once drove
Arid seed in the projector's cove
Loam and lead in a single groove
Lead and loam bind the broken frame
Root and ribbon spell the same name
Light pours through where the asphalt cracked
Two quiet hands put the pieces back
Lead and loam in the desert night
Root and ribbon holding tight
The screen rusts red, the glass stays blue
Lead and loam, me and you
