SAHARA

High

above this desert

I am

becoming

absorbed.

Plateaus of sand

dendrites of sand

continents and islands and waddys

of sand

tongue sand

wrinkle sand

mountain sand

coasts of sand

pimples and pustules and macula of sand

snot all over your face from sneezing sand

dry lakes of sand

buried pools of sand

moon craters of sand

Get your “I've had too much of people”

out of here sand.

My own place sand

never another place sand

punishments of sand

hosannahs of sand

Epiphanies of sand

crevasses of sand

mother of sand

I've been here a long time sand

string sand

spaghetti sand

cat's cradle ring-a-levio sand

army of trees sand

jungle of sand

grief of sand

subterranean treasure sand

moonglade sand

male sand

terrifying sand

Will I never get out of here sand

open and closed sand

curvatures of sand

nipples of sand

hard erected bosoms of sand

clouds quick and heavy and

desperate sand

thick veil over my face sand

sun is my lover sand

footprints of the time on sand

navel sand

elbow sand

play hopscotch through the labyrinth sand

I have spread myself sand

I have grown harsh and flat

against you sand

glass sand

fire sand

malachite and gold diamond sand

cloisonné coal sand

filagree silver sand

granite and marble and ivory sand

Hey you come here and she came sand

I will endure sand

I will resist sand

I am tired of no

all the time sand

I too will unmask my dark

hard rock sand.