you should go sometime

she comes

back

with pictures of the Grand Canyon.

an old mule

or two

struggling up the path

with people on

their backs.

a snake

in the sand,

curled and lazy in the hot

sun.

she gets every angle

of the deep crevices,

down

up

sideways.

shadows and sunlight.

the river below.

she says she might go

back next

year too.

ninety-seven pictures

not being enough.