DUST BLOWS INTO THE EYES OF THE TRAVELERS 
WHISPERS SPEAK INTO EARS 
OF THE SCAVENGERS 
RATTLESNAKES LAY IN DIRT TRAILS 
THE INDIAN SINGS 
AS THE HUNTERS RUB THEIR EYES 
IN DISBELIEF 
THE CROSSPATHS HAVE THE BLOOD OF WHITE MEN 
AND BONFIRE ASHES 

THE CACTI ARE DRIED OF WATER 
AND GROWN MEN ARE CRAWLING 
(THIRSTY, THIRSTY, THIRSTY) 
THE AZTEC SUN HAS KILLED THE HATRED 
THE AZTEC SUN HAS KILLED THE HATRED 

RYAN CANO 

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