Desert Evening Primrose — Image by kenne
I grow
in the bajadas
along rocky slopes
pushing aside
dry gravel
in search of
morning sun.
No rain
shortens my growth,
hastening
my buds
to open early
in the cool
of the evening,
closing by
mid-morning.
I am
a primrose,
oenothera primiveris
by name.
— kenne
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