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Volcano Lava Along the Road Janet Kuypers 2/19/24 After receiving ashes from Mt. St. Helens, After snorkeling Oahu beaches emerging from lava beds, After walking the ruins of Pompeii from Mt. Vesuvius, After walking the sunken caldera of Deception Island — Antarctica’s volcano — or along Galapagos lava beds, After looking past Earth to volcanoes on our own moon, Astronomers called the moon’s dark spots “seas”, made After not water, but lava... and hearing of more & more Volcanic eruptions                that you better not attribute to global warming, After all this time, I’ve been starting to understand how Volcanoes made 80% of all of the Earth’s surfaces — After they formed our early oceans and atmosphere too. That may be why I drove the roads of New Mexico — Not to perform in a National Poetry Slam Chicago show In Albuquerque, but this time, to just drive on highways, Pull over anywhere along Mount Taylor to pick up red or Black football-sized chunks of lava. And no, you’re not Stealing them, because so many young volcanoes are so Abundant there that you look for things like Mesas to Break up the outdoor museum of volcanoes that is New Mexico. So, I say, take a drive that way. See for yourself.

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