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Desert Wildflower (Apache Beggarticks) -- Grunge Art by kenne

Desert Song

I thirst

for your rivers
your rippling mesas of sand
gold mirrors
on your sinuous curves

I thirst
for the saguaro
for the sweet juice of cactus
in the prickling sweat
of a desert sun

I thirst
for the searing of hot valleys
the bend of shimmer and heat…

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This posting was published first on October 10, 2015, with the poem 'Desert Song' by Ruth Housman. The poem is one of my favorites. -- kenne