dry lakebed & hot wind where music used to live
	
			       dry lakebed & hot wind where bees used to 
					               dry lakebed & hot wound where the moon
	
			             dry lakebed & no forest all dust
	  dry lakebed & weed-cracked highways
					                   dry lakebed & what passed for love
	
								                               dry lakebed & empty
		      dry lakebed & whatever follows regret in the dictionary
dry lakebed & creaking oil pumps in perpetual motion
                    dry lakebed & out of gas anyway
						                         dry lakebed & hungry

				               dry lakebed & ocean plastic
	    dry lakebed & disposable diapers
dry lakebed & bleached cattle bones
					                   dry lakebed & what else did you expect
						                                 dry lakebed & abandoned cars
		          dry lakebed & what I promise was love
			              dry lakebed & what comes after tree
			   		                   dry lakebed & it’s all so obvious now
	         dry lakebed & what comes after what comes 
dry lakebed & our last drops of faith in metaphor evaporating    dry lakebed & what
						                        we can get used to
   dry lakebed & our plans to run away together
                                    dry lakebed & thirsty
					                   dry lakebed &		another dry lakebed 

                                      & so many empty rivers don’t get me started on the rivers
			                                                so many 	    so empty