a hundred miles out
the glow of Los Angeles
desert starlight
Author: James Brush
James Brush lives in Austin, TX and posts things online at Coyote Mercury where he keeps a full list of publications. He also edits the online literary journal Gnarled Oak.
Hidden by the fog,
mockingbirds and wrens sing maps
outlining the trees.
On a bed of leaves,
a deer skeleton picked clean,
save one furry hoof.