22° halo.

In this unfinished landscape
 of space and sky,
the flowers bloom 
in colors as vivid 
as fevor dreams.

The creature shapes
 of the saguaro
are of this earth,
although they look like
they are from another planet.

On coarser soils,
 little-leaf palo verde, 
desert ironwoods, and catcall
make the only shade
to be seen.

The sun asks
what water
so briefly answers