29 November 2013

Riding the Bus to Montevideo

Pan de Azucar, 79 meters

is Uruguay’s highest peak

outcrops of golden flowers

mustard or rape, hills

worn by lifetime rides

snagged in a pond white

plastic masquerades

first as jackal, then horse

highway & neighborhoods

smutted with trash

tin roofs, local stops

acacia kindling, empanada

oven, cypress trees, pine

forest burned to the ground

wooden teepees rise

from stumps, primary colors

clothing store inventory

swings from a fence

pickles & mushrooms

at a roadside stand

the earth is sand

flying fast, patchwork

of clouds the sky, torn

sacks of oca tubers, yellow

& orange, purple & red

balloon a pickup’s bed

El Rey del Lubricante's
festival of rusted junks

forecast a smoother sail