By chris
Date: 2008 Jun 05
Comment on this Work
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I think I go into the mountains

because I know
that somewhere
on some boulder on some
south-facing slope
warmed by a sinking sun
a mountain lion waits
and watches
and sees me
and will never be seen
by anyone.

I think I go to the desert
because I know
that no one's out to get me but
conspiracies are real
and there's a conspiracy to
steal
all the moisture from my cells
and replace it with
sand.

Where snakes wait
in dreams wanted by no one
except me
because I know too much
of their world -
there you are
and there
I am.