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Opuntia stands in alkali soil
Shutter clicks at seventeen hundred hours
Roots drink deep where monsoon rains recoil
Light writes silver on emulsion flowers
Kodachrome cactus holds the pose
Time develops what the lens knows
Desert light writes what the eye sees
Veranda watches, wind composes
Agave counts in century beats
Aperture breathes at f-stop eight
Spines defend where the shadow retreats
Frame holds still, develops late
Kodachrome cactus holds the pose
Time develops what the lens knows
Desert light writes what the eye sees
Veranda watches, wind composes
Yucca lifts its candelabra arms
ISO four hundred, grain like sand
Moths arrive to pollinate the charms
Negative waits for developer's hand
Kodachrome cactus holds the pose
Time develops what the lens knows
Desert light writes what the eye sees
Veranda watches, wind composes
Creosote drinks the petrichor rain
Viewfinder cracks from thermal stress
Roots remember each drop's refrain
Lens captures what the years suppress
No developer comes for the roll
Silver halide sleeps in the hold
Seeds wait in soil, asleep, whole
Time exposes what we tried to hide
Saguaro stands where the motel fell
Film canister rusts in the sand
Roots crack concrete, slow as a spell
Images wait for a human hand
Kodachrome cactus holds the pose
Time develops what the lens knows
Desert light writes what the eye sees
Veranda watches, wind composes
Kodachrome cactus holds the pose
Time develops what the lens knows
Shutter rests on the veranda rail
Opuntia blooms where the light prevails