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By Clem Flowers

Grove of sugar beans out by the gas farm 

we laid for hours 

doing nothing but 

counting star marks 

along each other’s arms

felt the heavy air swell our lungs 

churning heat bakes everything for 

5 country miles scratch dagger tendrils 

fade 

into heirloom tomato sun 

falling upwards to 

jagged fangs 

aching 

for the tumbleweeds to 

shake them loose 

leave them clean 

meat of lightning 

hangs 

like party streamers 

just above our touch 

salted path to Heaven 

we took to land here 

shimmers 

in the glazed dusk

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Clem Flowers (They/ Them) is a soft spoken southern transplant living in spitting distance of some mountains in Utah. In an eternal search for the perfect sweet potato fry. Nb, bi, and queer as the day is long, they live in a cozy apartment with their wonderful wife & sweet calico kitty. They can be found on Twitter at @hand_springs777