winter deserts

http://web.njit.edu/~ronkowit/poetsonline/prompt.htm
"in the moment"


i closed my eyes and--
sunwarm air melting my skin
--it's still winter here
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skies too clear too dark
i can see thousands of years
i don't notice winter's chill
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saffron heat
orange
and desert red
no one
forgets al-maghreb