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Hyperrealistic fine-art painting inspired by THE ROCKIES ARE NOT THE ONLY THINGS THAT END IN EL PASO by Michael C. Ford.

2026

THE ROCKIES ARE NOT THE ONLY THINGS THAT END IN EL PASO

By Michael C. Ford

“THE ROCKIES ARE NOT THE ONLY THINGS THAT END IN EL PASO” by Michael C. Ford is a poem centered on place and geography, memory, love and relationships. Its imagery is anchored in El Paso, Mexico. The poem develops its subject through recurring images and shifts in emotional pressure rather than reducing the experience to a single statement.