Driving Along in the Country

Somewhere along Colorado Highway 50 between Buena Vista and Gunnison, I came across the following sign:

"For Sale

400 Acres

Girten Land and Cattle Company"

So I wrote the following:

Dear Mr. Girten:

Can I buy the gold in the Aspen trees?

Can I buy the green in the new spring grass?

Can I buy the silver shadows of the branches

on new-fallen snow or

The diamond drops of dew on the morning's

First sunflower?

What are they worth?

Dear Ms. Starr, he replied:

A Glimpse and a Sigh

As  your car goes hurtling by.