South by Southwest
Spiny succulent
yellow sun fruit-
shading a short cave
where desert rodents
burrowed with crisped seedcorn
& shredded bits of hide and cloth.
“Tree-cholla” you told me.
“Cold-weather hardy” you said.
“Pocket mouse” you noted.
I don’t miss you.
But I miss where we’ve been.
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That closing couplet though
Exactly! He is a master closer.
And the third stanza “sets up” for the closing couplet beautifully!