Yucca Brevifolia
Without motion,
my way eclipses driven with desperation.
Nine hours, eight hours,
four more before
Decent to the overburdened
valley.
At such time
the crux of burden subsiding
just into solar sleep.
Another eight hours,
likely less.
The night before, we could have been
lazily methodical or
without concern
as we acted, though we weren't
because plant toxins
vividly put-out the vacant sun.
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