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"Gretel is hungry all the time.

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When she shares the
bread with her brother,

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she notes approvingly
how hungry she still is.

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She imagines the birds hoping
the crumbs she left behind,

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the browned off bits of
crust catching and rasping

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in their throats, and thinks,
at least I know how to chew.

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You see, she says aloud.

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See what, her brother says.

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Gretel thinks of houses, of
the ovens she will light,

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the dough she will
smash and stretch.

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The path, she
tells her brother."

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"The mountain is really
a series of itself.

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Deeper pockets of sky
color float its canyons.

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In certain seasons, it's
difficult to tell rock face

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from snowfall.

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The ridge line
looks much sharper

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than it must, in actuality, be.

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When you climb, the summit
is sometimes visible.

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You ran well, says the man who
has lived here all his life.

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From your home, the mountain
cannot escape its pairing with

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the roof of your
neighbor's home.

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From your home, the mesquite
tree you mean to prune

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looks taller than the mountain.

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From your home, the
mountain is visible

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and therefore you
visit it rarely.

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There are black bears
up there and cooler air.

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There are campgrounds.

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There was a fire.

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The trees are still black.

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There is a smell of evergreen
and a series of pit toilets.

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There's a viewing point
named for seven waterfalls,

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and one afternoon
you counted them all.

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The mountain bathes itself
in light at every sunset

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whether or not you're watching--

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violent rose and deep
blue that flare like love

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and wash away in the
coldness of space

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within the span of minutes.

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But the mountain
is not like love.

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It stands over your
home, and sometimes you

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take a weekend day and climb,
but it's not like love at all."

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"Surveillance."

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"We already know we're watched.

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When we water the tomato
plant, spread ourselves

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along the couch with one leg up.

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When we slide the bra strap
back underneath the shirt.

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When we lean to breathe in hair.

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When we pass a bank and
whisper to each other.

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When we put on our ski masks
and burst through the doors,

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there is something watching us.

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Please, something, watch us."

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