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Painted
Painted desert skies
blanket the shifting sands.
Hiding secret surprise
in the quiet badlands.
Hardiest creatures known
walk the hot, scorching earth
living under a stone
proving their robust worth.
Scorpions, spiders, snakes
and more native species
survive where the earth bakes
and little relief sees.
Birds, gazelles, and camels
all graze the barren land,
among many mammals
that flourish in the sand.
The painted desert smiles
at its varied creatures
as if they were exiles
in defiance of their teachers.
Nature’s ecosystem
thrives among the cacti.
Life is full to the brim
under the painted sky.
Copyright ©
Linda Alice Fowler
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