New Mexico

my dog dragon jumped
from the sidecar
in hopes of seeing an old
friend
but i knew when we
arrived at the spot where
the matthew moriarty
adobe enrichment program
was founded
we would find only
equal parts
reflection
impression
and the remains
of a jerry garcia replica
guitar
as well as panoramas
stacked and dried
near the worlds largest
pistachio nut
but a squatter named mack
was a welcome surprise
with his bathtub gin
as he had been making some
repairs to the roof
matt had built

for others to sleep under

after he had gone