Dylan Smith

Dylan Smith is apprentice to a woodsman named Art in Olivebridge, NY. Tweets: @dylan_a_smith

PORTRAIT OF A FLORIST IN THE DESERT IN PARTS by Dylan Smith

1 My van broke down on a mountain north of Marfa, so I had it towed back to Santa Fe where a mechanic named Ever repairs transmissions.  I talk to Ever every day. Every time Ever answers I have to explain to him it’s me—the kid with the tagged-up van.  My sister lives with an unemployed florist in this complex in the desert. The florist offered to pick me up from Ever’s; to drive me ever deeper into this desert to visit with my sister.  What a guy. In my portrait of the florist, he will be sitting at my…

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