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Writer's pictureSydney Elizabeth Chandler

La Quinta

So delicate,

the mountains

stand, like paper-mache experiments

sculpted by a shaking hand, no,

perhaps a thoughtful hand,

one set with the intent of chaos.

A moon landing, situated atop this plastic

grass – green yet as living things,

and bone adobe walls,

and red striated rooftops,

on which the sky lounges blue and gold.

So momentous comes the moon,

perpetually visible in the sky, a totem

of the lands which may perhaps

live beyond this small oasis

within the desert's palm – a thought,

and it escapes me.

A living mirage.

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