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coyote and I  

 
they say coyote
looks over his shoulder
     when he walks out like a man
     a jester and fool

so far, the desert
     remains
whatever we may do

I have seen
wildflowers grow from Kleenex
          and
     I have seen
     lizards at home in the dead beetle
     carcasses of cars

the desert blooms
for just two weeks a year
     and they say coyote
     looks over his shoulder –

can we agree to meet
     coyote and I
at the other side of the world?


© 1990 by Beth Stevens