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                             Desert Snow

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the desert robs
snowflakes of their power
erasing their place
in a smudge of water

unless they are
furious & thick
swarming like bees
determined to sting

then there is a mess
to clean up 
meringue clinging on cactus
sliding down red rock

 

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