Coastal plains stretch forever <br />Blue skies cotton candy clouds. <br />Red top sorghum and corn fields <br />Tin water towers dot the land. <br /> <br />Telephone poles far as the eyes can see <br />Heat waves rise from the blackk top. <br />Buffelgrass swaying in the wind <br />Brown seed stalks drying in the sun. <br /> <br />Miles upon miles of scrub brush <br />Huisache, mesquite, stunted live oak. <br />White lines race endlessly past <br />On their way south. <br /> <br />Dark clouds in the east <br />Pour out their hearts. <br />Every now and again a trooper <br />Passes by in his black and white. <br /> <br />Freight trains stretching into infinity <br />Yellow road signs with bounding dear. <br />Turkey vultures circle high <br />Over the Texas Coastal Plains. <br /> <br />6/5/14 <br />SOMEWHERE IN <br />EAST TEXAS<br /><br />Juan Olivarez<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/coastal-plains/
