poem and photo by Craig Muderlak, Western Editor of Transience

Discarded face-down.
Floating in stagnant water and forgotten Cottonwood leaves.
Imbued with indifference,
A memento of retarded erosion.
After thirty years,
Blind as this synthetic corpse in the desert
I am still an eroding child.
Oscillating between hindsight and foresight.
Emulating an enlightened being,
But in reality
Wallowing in Prickly Pear and snow.
Intention overshadowed by decade-old calluses.