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Little bit from a
clove of gender,

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which you find among
the books brought

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and this is a little
cluster of pieces

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that are Arizona wildflowers
that are little prose poems.

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And I'm crazy about
Arizona wildflowers

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even though you need a rather
super monocle to see them.

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They're awfully tiny pip oh boy.

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Don't they look good?

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But you have to get next
to them on the roadside.

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Very nice things.

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So I'm going to read you one of
these called engelmann prickly

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pear.

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Voluptuous bright yellow
blooms embody our desire.

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Erupt from poison pads
with spines to which

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the javelina are immune.

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Life forms contain
their possibilities

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and ruggedly survive, transcend,
evolve toward numbing fear.

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The prickly pear,
a source of color,

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food, routinely
flowers in spring.

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These yellows that turn peach.

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These stamens that
recall when touched.

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Bees dusted past
their burrowing.

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Wine colored fruit
ripens late summer.

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Feeds coyotes, pack
rats, or is sweetened

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into jelly that
extends by virtuosity,

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our common understanding.

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And desert mariposa, another.

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Wild Lily of desire
infrequently appears.

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Bulb pushes the Earth open.

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Pressures daylight
to receive vermilion.

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Centered gland anchors
the smooth pressed flower.

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Have I in mind the right
rainfall and warmth.

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Level of comfort with the slopes
that spawn a tantalizing bloom.

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Do I touch unscented cloth
with lips that learn infinity.

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Pure moment carried to a
poised light patiently in love.

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