life lessons from the southwest

colorado says you'll never see the 

mountains at sunset the same way twice.

the days melt like snowflakes, the air so thin

it tears if you're not careful. vegas says to lean into the

headache. the skyline hurts like a broken radio.

a city so green and greedy even the graveyards 

smell like a casino. california says

there's a graveyard for everything in the desert:

airplanes, wind farms, bushes drowned in

sunlight. if you're not careful,

you drive through one end and

leave your body behind.