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Observations (by Joe DiMino from "Desert Poems")

(1) My mind

arid with heat

dries to laser focus;

no runny thoughts

here in the desert.

(2) Nothing is wasted,

especially motion

night-tide an ocean

of parched vessils

sailing over the drifted dunes.

(3) Yesterday I saw

a hawk

shading a running jack

in his shadow;

and a cactus in bloom,

his wide-spread arms

despite the thorns

a cross of hospitality.

(4) All is not fatal

if one survives to witness.