Is there any part of the devil's body
that has not been used to name
some feature of the American topography,

I wondered when the guide directed 
our attention to the rocky tip of a mesa
which was known as the Devil's Elbow.

He was a college student
just trying to do his summer job
and besides, the cumulus clouds

were massing beautifully
above the high rock face,
so I was not about to say anything,

but from my limited encounters 
with evil, it looked more 
like the hammer in the devil's inner ear.

("Colorado", by Billy Collins, printed in Nine Horses 2002)