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chain/link
On the far side of this cemetery, there was a little metal shelter, with three benches. Two sides of the shelter had chains across them.
So, for a change in scenery, I laid down on one of the benches and tilted my head far enough back that I was seeing things upside down. And this is what it looked like.
Hollene Cemetery
Hollene, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025
room to make the big mistakes
“There’s nothing to see.”
“It’s so flat.”
“It’s boring.”
“The openness is weird.”
(All incorrect statements about the Plains.)
Hollene Cemetery
Hollene, New Mexico
photographed 8.31.2025
gate-implied fence
I can’t really decide if the presence of the gate implies a fence or if it’s the other way around. Or if it even matters.
But besides that philosophical situation, here’s a photo that captures the entirety of the town of Inez, New Mexico.
Inez, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025
one-half mile
The cemetery was about knee-high in weeds and it’s both snake territory and snake season, so I didn’t walk around. But from what I could see, the number of headstones on the sign is roughly equivalent to the number of graves in the cemetery.
Fun fact: the town and the town’s cemetery are spelled differently.
Roosevelt County, New Mexico
photographed 8.17.2025
franky
There is something heartbreaking and endearing about homemade cemetery markers, and I have never seen a fancy granite (or whatever) carved stone that I liked even a little bit.
And I am sorry for the loss that Franky’s family experienced.
unnamed cemetery
Cedar Crest, New Mexico
photographed 7.1.2016
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