ocotillo
palo verde
hohokam
agave
kestrel
saguaro
cat canyon
jojoba ramada
riparian corridor
back swimmers
water strider
fishing spider
parrot feather
paper wasp
damselfly
mayfly
columnar cacti
crucifixion cacti
whirligig beetle
sonoran lyre snake
spadefoot
rat kangaroo
screech owl
white-tailed deer
bats bees moths
coati
& one hundred thousand
for a rattler bite
i reach down into the briny pool of stingrays
chocolate, ivory, beige
& as if from nowhere
three or four of them
brush their angel soft noses & wings
against the backs of my hands
& the otter whips
round & round
behind the glass
returns always to meet
my dog gala’s eyes
& the puma
wild eyes of ice blue
whirls through his ochre cliffs
wide-mouthed yowls at gaia
the prairie dog who catches sight of her emits a fear cry
his mates rush into their earthen holes
& my totem, the Mexican wolf
seems the…
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