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Oleanders shrink
under precisely this--

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Oleanders shrink under
precisely this sun,

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And the A-10s make
coming home circles

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in a sky bristling
at their touch.

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I try to imagine storm
cloud, brush fire meadow,

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Just enough space
for my family and me

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to live without injuring
any possible you.

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But all I can hear is
airstrip as the A-10s trace

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their cursive script,

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And the prickly pear blossoms
this far into drought,

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Looking first like a
fist, then a mouth.

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