Where the Wind Can’t Help But Sing

So different up close
from the desert I know,
more resinous, dark,
alive to the beetles
and pocket mice
who call your ancient creosote ring
home, who after rain,
when you’re starred with spring,
pattern the salt-earth
with their pattering
in this alluvial
shell of a valley
where the wind can’t help
but sing.

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