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This is probably the
first time that I

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have done a reading in
another desert area.

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So usually I take time
to talk about my desert.

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But I wouldn't dream of
doing that in Dick Shelton's

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territory because I
think that you all

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have been exposed to
a very strong love

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of the desert in his work.

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So I am going to skip that part.

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But I do want to do a set
of poems about the desert.

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And the first one I'll certainly
dedicate to Janice Monk,

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"Unrefined."

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"The desert is no lady.

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She screams at the
spring sky, dances

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with her skirts high, kicks
sand, flings tumbleweeds,

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digs her nails into all flesh.

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Her unveiled lust
fascinates the sun."

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