Slang

standing on a rock
with a wind-eroded torso,

a mushroom cloud frozen
in time but teetering on a
precipice,

awaiting the right moment
in the future to become
another member of the
Boot Hill gang,

the land will remain
as the buttes erode
themselves first into
faux mushroom clouds
and then into shattered
elegance,

and then and only then
will the slang become
null and void