Thursday, November 21, 2019

earth note 717


about the time we reach new mexico
every gnarly haired dog
will become the wildness
     free spirit
of the mesquite tree

like the one growing
out of the rock
its roots going deep
     deep enough
to survive another dry year

the sun drops on its way
to a brown horizon pulling it down
high desert dreams become dust
     as the ground shifts
mesquite twists

--- e b bortz

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