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1 " Down herethe layers of earthare comfortinglike blankets.The soil I think ofas time. Below the calicheI sift through sedimentfrom thousands of years.Though the sharp desert light aboveis another world, its pulsecourses through me.When the mastodonsand ground sloths roamed,its pulse coursed through me.When the Hohokamin the canyonground my podsin the stoneits pulse coursed through me.When the new gatherersof the desertlearn again how to live here,its pulse will course through me.And I say, I will be readyif the drought comes.And I say, go deepinto the Earth.And I say, go deepinto yourself, go deepand be ready. "
― , The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide