34°54’15’’ N 111°47’30’’ W

red rock giants

holy in another life

gawked at in

hot pink jeeps

for $30 an hour.

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25¢ to peer

into the eyes of the mountain \

through a

rusted looking glass. \

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tourists stumble   \

over themselves to see their

faces in the forefront \

(and ours:

the background). \

5,000 men strong

we watched as our brothers

lost their footing to

10,000 white intruders.

they now call it

Soldier Pass.

after the

ensanguined hand

of General Crook.