Going to Nebraska

Going to Nebraska


wind winding wind down
green rocky plains singing wildflower dreams
primroses, cactus blooms drawing blood
for the watching streams
bloated with early spring snowmelt

why don't you come outside?
why don't you come outside?

wind spooks around the sandy hill lakes
fish and birds, egrets, eagles, the red-winged
and cowbirds who, who can you see today

why don't you come outside?
why don't you come outside?

ground blizzards rolling down from the mountain
hedges, hedges hedging in the plains
cold too cold to freeze unless you're standing still
tumbleweeds against the fence
their thistle skeletons dancing

why don't you come outside?
why don't you come outside?

the great mysteries
sandy pinnacles wind carved over eons,
eons before Sioux  before horses
before water rolling down swiftly
water swiftly kissing the sand goodbye
hello goodbye goodbye

why don't you come outside?
why don't you come outside?

toes covered heels plastered dug in
back holding up arms swimming
under the August sun September wind
stars quilt the night sky
the Pliedes  fled and shape our dreams

why don't you come outside?
why don't you come outside today?