Amy E. Jensen
Parched
Articles/Essays – Volume 33, No. 3
Measured teaspoons of salt.
Sifted flour, dustbowl flour.
It gulps and swallows water.
I feel it splinter off my hands,
In a Pueblo Indian Dwelling, Four-Corners
Articles/Essays – Volume 33, No. 3
Beside
shards of earthen jars and bowls,
the Kachina-Child returns
in the desert’s smoldering gaze. He enters