Design Elements

Green faces
of the prickly pear

like oval hand mirrors
set at angles

(and, of course,
spotted with thorns).

Each face has a large
topknot—

a bud.

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A few titular
poles or pikes,

some with froufrou
fronds on top

catching late sun.

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I like it
when the clouds

are retro—

puffs and dashes
of Morse code.

God’s faux messages,
all in fun.

“Design Elements” from Wobble © 2018 by Rae Armantrout. Published by Wesleyan University Press. Used by Permission.