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Rated: E · Poetry · Animal · #1882495

A short poem about Owens Valley, California. Written in "sedoka" form 5-7-7-5-7-7.

Swansea

Moonlit gallery.
Hunter-shamans brushed these stones,
though time has bleached their meaning.
Cities drank the lake,
the pumas mine the mountain;
eyes like sparks in looted wounds.


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