Sandstone mesa holds the transformer hum
Prosopis roots drink deep where aquifers come
Neon tubes glow green like chlorophyll blood
Larrea tridentata shakes its silver bud
Neon Mesquite blooms in voltage rain
Photosynthesizing diesel pain
Taproot drinks from fault line clay
Flowering in electric display
Opuntia pads catch dawn on spiny skin
Diner coffee steams where night shift ends begin
Argon gas ignites in glass xylem veins
Yucca brevifolia guards the desert plains
Neon Mesquite blooms in voltage rain Photosynthesizing diesel pain
Taproot drinks from fault line clay
Flowering in electric display
Creosote perfume rises after storm
Neon flickers through the dust reform
Stomata open on the glass tube skin
Night bloom drinks the current from within
Neon Mesquite blooms in voltage rain Photosynthesizing diesel pain
Taproot drinks from fault line clay
Flowering in electric display
I measure lux in foot-candle grace
Watch dormant seeds find their place
This sign survives on watts and time
Like Atriplex in alkaline
Morning pulls the plug on sodium ghost
Ferocactus swells on ancient host
But transformer hums in rootzone dark
Waiting for the dusk to leave its mark
Neon Mesquite blooms in voltage rain Photosynthesizing diesel pain
Taproot drinks from fault line clay
Flowering in electric display
Neon Mesquite stands its ground
Photosynthesis without a sound
Rooted in the buzz and glow
Blooming where the fault lines go
