Yucca brevifolia stands guard
Shadows stretch across the yard
Opuntia pads catch morning light
Prosopis roots drink deep at night
Toll booth creaks on rusted hinge
Coins drop slow in copper bowl
Cactus blooms beyond the toll
Two voices trade the same old line
Desert dust and borrowed time
Veranda toll takes all it finds
Larrea tridentata breathes
Creosote scent on evening breeze
Atriplex drinks the alkaline
Salvia blooms in copper line
Footsteps fade on gravel path
Coins drop slow in copper bowl
Cactus blooms beyond the toll
Two voices trade the same old line
Desert dust and borrowed time
Veranda toll takes all it finds
Fouquieria splits the sky
Ocotillo arms raised high
Echinocereus hides its crown
Blooms when rain comes rolling down
Night shift ends at first pale dawn
Coins drop slow in copper bowl
Cactus blooms beyond the toll
Two voices trade the same old line
Desert dust and borrowed time
Veranda toll takes all it finds
Roots hold tight through drought and wind
Seeds wait years to begin
One voice counts what passes through
One voice sings what grows anew
Balance found in sandy soil
Carnegiea gigantea waits
Saguaro guards the garden gates
Ferocactus stores the rain
Life persists through joy and pain
Receipts blow like tumbleweed
Coins drop slow in copper bowl
Cactus blooms beyond the toll
Two voices trade the same old line
Desert dust and borrowed time
Veranda toll takes all it finds
Harmonies rise on falsetto wind
Final coin drops, ride ends
Spring reverb fades to sand
Last bloom opens on the land
