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A Tour of the Denver Basin
for Dr. Bob Raynolds
1.
At the brick quarry near Parker,
Paleosol rises to the surface: Ancient soil.
Ocher and red. So old...
The sun rises prison orange
as if it feels Oregon and Montana blaze
from its perch one astronomical
unit away, but only our thin slip
of atmosphere knows
what...
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