Sparks, NV from Dandy by What Has Happened is a Good Thing.

thought I could get used to it
In this distance I defined
And all the changes embodied since
Brought the steadiest decline
I’ll take the savaged seeds of my innocence
Hope with the way the harsh sun shines
A sturdy tree can be releafed 
In the slowest safest times

I hold in my mind forever last December
When sparks would collide as they flew through the embers
Even though I don’t remember
What we were talking about
Our bodies would pulse in the afterglow
As our afterthoughts tried to shake off the snow
And I thought by now I for sure would know
But there’s nothing up there but clouds

In Nevada sand rolls like cloudbursts
Waiting to explode
All the while preparing endlessly
For the day the air runs cold
A different kind of tundra there
But no less undefined
As shapes swirl into canvases
And wild shapes unwind

I’d like to say I’ll visit
But the air is way too dry
Another Florida transplant
Too scared of life to fly
Westbound over Texas
Earth he’s never even touched
To slot machines and cactuses
And whatever’s left of us

You rolled in with the tide
As the waves pulled me in
As I saw the other side
And you washed away again
If I told you that I tried
Would you believe I would?
When I’m not even sure
There’s a chance I even could

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