I have nothing to offer
Except this small heart of mine.
You come with laughter.
I have a past much maligned.
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Marriage is strength -
Much more than just love;
Strength that's impactive
Because it
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Old age doesn't exist for all
Because many claim its presence;
I submit that living goes on
Through many-hued firmaments.
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Bless each palo verde bloom -
Those cuplets kissed by the sun
My vision wants to consume
That thus have raptured my love.
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Like a sparkling Roman candle
Parry's penstemon dots the canyon.
Oh what deep purple bells! -
That decorate the trail along
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Time, as I felt it, stopped
As the Sun gave up its power and waned
But for an interval. I was lost -
Called away from the mundane.
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Rather than talking to walls
I'd prefer a saguaro
For the wisdom they know.
Centuries - they come and go -
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What a curtain Bisbee has
That keeps Mexico subdued
And influences the lands
From which the Sierra was hewn.
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Among hills Apache red
Where damas and vaqueros
Built up a homestead
Past the mercados
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