pool-blue sky
spun cotton clouds
crown of mountains shifting
in shades of beige and brown
scrub cactus skittering things
dusty veil over life and death
billions upon billions of crystals
the endless beach of dry sand
coming from colder wetter lands
I fell for the long dry kiss
of the sun a lizard’s wink
the palm trees’ open arms
the drop of nectar
on my skin from the
greedy beak of a
low flying hummingbird
the silent glistening
after a downpour
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