Desert Stars and Dangerous Nights

<<Picked her up at sunset. Golden light on her skin. She wore a

sundress that danced in the desert wind. We drove out to Moab.

Red rocks all around. Hand on my thigh, not making a

sound. Just the hum of the engine and our breathing in time.

She looked at me sideways, I knew what was on her mind.

Parked beneath the arches, stars starting to show. She said,

"I've been thinking about this all week, you know?" Desert heat rising,

matching what's inside. No one for miles, got nothing to hide.