Maar
buffaloburr veins around siltstone
mounds on the monocline
flow rock smooths over into oar
cutleaf cornflower overgrown
pollen blown out
larkspur and beeplant on the meadow
grasp at the basement fault
taut atop diatreme
bulb liquid overflows into grasses
yellow sheen in the winds
laccolith ghost shadows over hungry dust
rains chew down medicine twigs
blue flax left as moans
that foam into the sky
numb star erect over the horizon
burning bomb quiet as stone
—Jake Skeets
—found in Eyes Bottle Dark with a Mouthful of Flowers (2019)