sunsets aflame <br />dance <br />fiercest orange <br />yielding red <br />fists of clay <br /> <br />Indian brushes <br />blush <br />crimson <br />thunderstorms <br />paint <br />when rain <br />hammers <br />those <br />petaled arms <br /> <br />juniper <br />bullsnakes <br />wind-scarped <br />hills: these <br />faces too <br />fold <br />into silence<br /><br />Richard Bunch<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/painted-desert/