It has always mystified me how the largest democracy<\/p>\n
In the world<\/p>\n
Can still execute its own citizens<\/p>\n
Curtis said this to me as we were driving through<\/p>\n
Monument Valley<\/p>\n
The following day we stopped at a gas station<\/p>\n
In a dry dying town<\/p>\n
Where only the descendants of the original ghosts<\/p>\n
Could be seen in the shadows<\/p>\n
Hiding from\u00a0the savage sun<\/p>\n
Before we left we purchased some provisions<\/p>\n
As our journey was not even half complete<\/p>\n
The girl who served us said that I resembled<\/p>\n
The ghost of a young John Wayne<\/p>\n
Which I took as a compliment<\/p>\n
And let her keep our change<\/p>\n
Curtis she said resembled her ex husband<\/p>\n
Who was sitting on Death Row awaiting execution<\/p>\n
For a murder that he did not commit<\/p>\n
She asked us whether we were trying to discover<\/p>\n
The Real America<\/p>\n
We told her that we already had found<\/p>\n
The Real America<\/p>\n
And were now searching<\/p>\n
For the true source<\/p>\n
Of the warm milk<\/p>\n
That could sometimes<\/p>\n
Be found<\/p>\n
In the rusting remains<\/p>\n
Of the once active dustbowls<\/p>\n
I<\/p>\n
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