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Salton Sea Primer
a mother and
her son stand
on the shore
fish farms ocean salt flow
from her mouth into
heat so vibrant
it seams lashes to lids
in Calexico
a mother
shields her son from playa
poison breath scar
his cough buckles
his throat
awakens fault lines
Tethered
The pyramid descends with such lightness
like a cloud eclipsing into pitch. It leaves me
pleading for restraint.
I’m intangible I’m shadow
The sea’s motion bleeds
into my dream and holds
there. Its blue filters
cell, saturates memory.