Just like to know the size of the state I'm in
which direction is water how far
to the border and where's the trough
for the horses which separate us¬
Diamond identity, diamondback rattler¬
Who governs the sheriff of hope here¬
unbound, restless¬such dusty clouds
and where exactly the resilience
of the sage as if bandied about
by strangers¬No watering-hole here
No synthesis relinquishing an absolute¬
Terror rides fast ninety leagues farther on
and their dust settles before the wind
has a fat chance to erase our past.