we drove through the desert for hours

night fell like a curtain

and a chain

immediate and complete

all the beautiful black hues

forehead against cool glass

and eyes outside the sway

up into sublime dry heaven

this i saw then

came a fairground in the sky

with frosted rides in faraway clear,

there,

flocked, the stars played,

they winked,

diamond veined and

distance electric,

laced

netted

studded

a milk-pearled blanket,

crystal crochet,

clustered charms, pinned

pointed beads

black and silver marcasites

set and settled

so many rosaries

in my desert sky

i wished then that i could show you

massive herds consisting of tens of thousands of zebras perform one of the world's most awe-inspiring migrations across the serengeti plains.

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