Seeps

grateful seeps of clear fickle water
Ancestral Puebloans drew upon
pressed from hot desert sandstone
humbly nurtured life, family, culture
tight community, artistry, and stories
compared to the effervescent pours
we splash within our abundant lives
drenching upon our senses of self
faucets bearing huge vanity mirrors
flows sold in deep pipes and works
so easily packaged and plasticized
dispersing vapors of hidden particles
marked up in bottles worth nothing
madly pumped in energetic depletion
masks their stark forgotten sanctuaries
with our sated ever-demanding society
carved out beneath an imposing climate
their cool desert varnishes of frugality
fail to shade our warming kivas of talk