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AFTER IKKYU: 15 by JAMES HARRISON

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First Line: WAY UP A SANDY DRAW IN THE FOOTHILLS
Last Line: IN THE VAST, HEAT-BLURRED LANDSCAPE.
Subject(s): NATURE;

Way up a sandy draw in the foothills
of the Whetstone Mountains I found cougar
tracks so fresh, damp sand was still
trickling in from the edges. For some reason
I knelt and sniffed them, quite sure
I was being watched by a living rock
in the vast, heat-blurred landscape.



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