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I hear it coming up
through the rocks.

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It is a geyser of air
that draws me farther up

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the redstone staircase.

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I look down over my
shoulder to the river valley

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below and almost lose my nerve.

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But something pulls me
higher, takes hold of my spine

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and stretches me.

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I am not alone.

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Handprints are stamped
on the staircase walls.

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I mime my hands with theirs.

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The Anasazi have never left.

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I kneel at the mouth where
the rock lips are open.

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A column of wind is
wafting, rushing out

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from the center of the Earth.

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I try to shape a voice, to feel
its words through the delicacy

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of my fingers.

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But it is not to be touched.

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My hands are pushed back by its
force until my mouth is covered.

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In the beginning,
there were no words.

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I am behind the rocks.

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I strain to see what
it is, who it is,

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try to blow it out like a candle
flame to see if a trail of smoke

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will curl and wrap itself around
me offering clues as to how

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it moves in the world.

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But it is not to be seen.

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There is nothing to taste.

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There is nothing to smell.

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I inch back, precarious,
and focus on breath.

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Inhale.

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Exhale.

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Inhale.

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Exhale.

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The attention of breath in love.

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Two breaths creating a
third, mingling and shaping

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each other like clouds.

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Cumulus clouds over the desert.

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On my back, I reclaim the sweet
and simple ecstasy of breathing.

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The wind becomes a
wail, a proper lament

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for all that is hidden.

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Inhale.

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Exhale.

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This is the dream
time of the desert.

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The beginning of poetry.

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My body softens as I make
my wish to follow my breath.

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It settles on the
backs of swallowtails.

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We are carried effortlessly
through the labyrinth

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of these labial canyons.

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Breath becomes a lizard, hand
splayed on red rock walls

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up and down, up and down.

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A raven lands: black wings
are extended like arms.

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The animals know.

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The Anasazi know.

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It is audible.

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I lean forward and
listen, breath.

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With my hands on the rocks, I
place my mouth over the opening.

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My belly rises and falls.

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I move away and listen.

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I return with my mouth
over the opening.

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Inhale.

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Exhale.

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I move away.

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I listen.

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I return.

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I am dizzy.

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I am drunk with pleasure.

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There is no need to speak.

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Listen, below us,
above us, inside us.

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Come.

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This is all there is.

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Thank you.

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Travel safely home.

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