The desert does this.
Coalesces
fears or rippled aspirations. Binds them in a band of
chalk-dried
root.
Used to feed fruit that danced in thorns.
Used to
elongate your visions or press them into a two-dimensional vanishing view.
The desert does this.
The one that births uncurious people or purple streaks in a rhythmic sunset.
elongate your visions or press them into a two-dimensional vanishing view.
The desert does this.
The one that births uncurious people or purple streaks in a rhythmic sunset.
Rocks
the infant howls or procures
scratchy black pelts named coyote, javelina.
Mi desierto:
The one
that grows
so wise with its dry-humored secrets.
the infant howls or procures
scratchy black pelts named coyote, javelina.
Mi desierto:
The one
that grows
so wise with its dry-humored secrets.
The sighs of them push up through steam-rising washes.
The one
that wails wetness of a monsoon’s beatings.
It--
that wails wetness of a monsoon’s beatings.
It--
Hums
as
crackling skeletons of cholla sequester humanity’s tendrils to kiss the lower parts of the ground.
crackling skeletons of cholla sequester humanity’s tendrils to kiss the lower parts of the ground.
Come down into this subterranean monument.
Bury opportunities or sheet them variously.
Quickly,
they dust upon themselves.
they dust upon themselves.
Mi desierto:
Carries with it edifying lessons of patience and persistence.
Carries with it edifying lessons of patience and persistence.
The one
sage-scented breeze
spun in between slow time.
It--
Warm, gold painted on your skin.
sage-scented breeze
spun in between slow time.
It--
Warm, gold painted on your skin.
