Wednesday, August 11, 2021

HERE IN THE WEST WE SMOKE

by David Feela




California lights up first thing 

in the morning


while Utah brews 

its second cup.


Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado

congregate on the patio


like neighbors, sharing stories

about wind and lightning strikes.


The Marlboro man 

still saddled, staring west,


leans toward sunrise’s glowing tip

and inhales the day. 



David Feela writes monthly columns for The Four Corners Free Press and The Durango Telegraph. Unsolicited Press released his newest chapbook Little Acres in 2019.