EL COLECTIVO
(THE COLLECTIVE FARM)
Two farm boys, careless of typhoid,
Bounce on braying burros and trade
Obsidian arrowheads for pesos.
Piglets scatter. A vermillion flycatcher
Flies over the prickly pears.
Grandfather in white suit and
Sombrero signals the German
Shepherd to round up the herd..
Horses trot downhill among
Mesquites which goats on hind legs
Mount in search of moist mouthfuls.
Dry grass and dusty furrows
Must wait yet another month
Until the rains may or may not come,
While out in the purple valley
Unreachable reservoirs gleam.
A sailboat crosses at sunset.
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