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Saltating sands
Fluvial braids
Eolian curves
Beauty, of course.
Lightly veiled; delicate and delicate
intricate and complex
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set in a silver mantle
beneath blue upon blue
blue within blue
deep and forgetful
changing ever so gradually
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extended wings
cupping the sky
lift
lifted
and aloft
in flight . . .
feathers like fingers
fanning in flight
a single feather loosens and falls
twisting, circling, swirling,
and falling in the anonymous wind.
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soaring above the mountain cirque
not a cloud can be seen
and always below
hot-headed leopard lizard
trees with warbonnets
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snakes eat rats
then chase their tails
coyotes eat rabbits
then chase their tails
the desert lizards
eat bugs and each other
and wildflowers
Saltating sands
Fluvial curves
Eolian twists
—~ W. Feller