Consciousness

blooms on
the cactus
so pretty of
thirst you are
decidedly nocturnal
and feral among the agaves
and aloes that you wear the
prick like Maya Deren

mimic has a silent arousal
if you're trying to conserve
water to open your pores to lose
water it's risky business but on the
other hand the cacti becomes more hydrated
than the soil it's growing in running the risk
of losing its water to the soil that it has to
disconnect itself from the soil

the pleated ribs
of my saguaro expand
like an accordion when
you give me water and contracts
when I am dry

your water is
escaping

and so
are you

Copyright Ms. Sage Sweetwater, Celebrity firebrand lesbian novelist

addendum: In 2004 and in 2008, new film soundtracks were written for Maya Deren's short films. Much of Deren's visual work can be viewed on Youtube. I especially like this one in silence. What do you make of it? Or better yet, I ask what do read into it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QqGxELKEJ0

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_Deren