GLASS MOUNTAINS
By Bill Burchardt
From the viewpoint of that hawk soaring there in the updraft they spread—south to north—farther even than the hawk’s long vision can perceive. More than two thousand square miles. Glittering mesas jeweled with decorations set in the brightest hues of blood red, blue, milky white, verdant herb and mesquite green, or golden yellow.
The range of blues is widest, azurite, ultramarine, turquoise, beryl, all the variety that clay and sky can make, and sparkling in the sun glint, glittering with selenite diamonds set in rough earth.
