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how the desert breaks
into a sweat at night,
how the silk of sand
is knotted with burrs
how certain butterflies in Africa
can poison a cat
how they say they found
“buckling” water on the moon
edible gold flowers
white chocolate chips
grape nuts
(which are neither grapes nor nuts)
how, before his death, my father said he
was abducted in Bolivia for seeding revolt
how yours, a scientist in Michigan, said he
could control weather by speaking in tongues
