Ungnadia speciosa
Mexican buckeye
Jon Zebrowski
AS AUTUMN,
IN AWKWARD OFFWIDTHS,
DIHEDRALS OF THE CHIHUAHIAN CRAGS,
WHERE ROCK FALLS AWAY,
AND BARE BRANCHES,
PODS,
DEEP IN THE DANCE OF SUN,
ROCK,
AND
COBALT.
A GREEN RESPITE,
AS ROOTED TENDRILS TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THE DROUGHT-RIDDEN TEMPO,
SENDING YOU TO THE PLACES
MOIST, AND COOL.
AMONG;
TARANTULA HAWK AND ROCK SQUIRREL WANDERINGS.
THE BUTTERFLY’S TONGUE,
WILD BEE’S BUZZ.
YOU,
WHISTLE WITH WIND.
IN YOUR CREVASSE OF ROCK SHARDS & LOESS,
YOUR HALO OF GREEN & CONFETTI,
A CERULIAN MINDSCAPE.
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A 34 year educator, scientist, poet, and rock climber, Jon enjoys immersing himself and his bride in the Northern Chihuahuan Desert. Their latest: morning coffee with the smallest butterfly in North America, the Western pygmy blue (Brephildium exilis).