Two Prairie Poems

Two Prairie Poems / Benjamin Rozonoyer

1 
Prairie-wary 
To have all 
is never to miss a 
lark bunting fluttering off the gravel,
 or cicada near a chimesa. 

But do not look straight at the sun 
from beneath — 

it pierces your eyes like a yucca leaf. ... 

2  
Prairie-bearing prairie, 
a lifelong longing. 
No less a mesa, 
though very 
conical.

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