Desert Greed


The saguaro stand
In pitchfork splendor,
Needled pipes
Pricking the turquoise skies.

Everything here is earth,
Black shadow and white.
Everything else,
Green,
Currency green,
From the great seal
To the green-black latin:
E Pluribus ka-ching!
Aquifer green,
Golf green,
A greedy green,
An arrogant green.

From the 19th hole,
To the manicured attorneys
Hawking their wares
In a landscaper's wet dream.
Use it,
Rape it,
Move on.