midnight mesa

OR When the Ground and the Sky Trade Secrets

The highest mountains
are no closer than the deepest valleys
to the sky.

— Wislawa Szymborska

The song “midnight mesa” came into this world in one of our get-togethers. We all had a few days in between obligations and found ourselves at Eli’s. We’d plunk around with ideas and coffee during the day, then go driving and walking around the desert at night, musing about constellations and Native American spirits.

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