Roadrunner
Runs across my path
Long tail and legs
He is big
His call is funny sounding
And bubbles up a smile
Smile at the bird
Who tells me I am right
I am at the center
I have arrived
Guns me to run
To get it done
Up comes the wind
Circling my spot
And lifting my clothes
From dry skin
Opening the time
And bleeding love out
Desert sun
Releases a bluer sky
The mountains like paper cutouts
Crisp along the edge
At night the stars
Settle on their shoulders
This open space
That appears to have nothing
That only likes simple shapes
And plants with tiny leaves
Like a vacuum it sucks the words out
Spilling onto page after page
Like a bleached out can
With a lizard hiding inside
This land is full
of surprising stories
Of disintegration and running fast
Taking the heart up in a snap of heat
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