Honor The Dust 

(for Gary Snyder)

squall line
   debris signature
radar, noisy
rotation
spins through town
like wild dogs
  on the trail
scenting

dust and pollen
   desolate angels

bones of ancient buddhas
aloft, moving east/northeast
at 55mph.

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Ned Mudd resides in Alabama where he engages in interspecies communication, rock collecting, and frequent cloud watching. He is the author of The Adventures of Dink and DVD (a space age comedy). Some of Ned’s best friends are raccoons.