oregon

The flames off the coast are blown inland
by seafaring winds.
Shadows thrown by towering columns 
of raging heat
cover the clean earth in layers.
An early snow.

The desert hills bake
in flat sunlight
veiled by an unbroken haze.
A new sky,
particles of creature corpse
melting the horizon.

 
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