monsoon season
goat head carpet rolls
across barren land
desert newcomers ignore sage advice
let them stay
“Such pretty flowers!”
oh the folly of knowing not one’s enemy
summer heat
scorching rays
green to brown
soft to thorn
tender thoughts turned deep regret
“such pretty flowers” now barbed seed heads
one - breeds one thousand
we told you so
stays behind sealed lips
for we remember the pull
dainty yellow faces smiling so innocently
the thirst for green
we were once you
Welcome to The Goat Head Gullibility Club
I moved to Albuquerque from Oklahoma at the beginning of my 7th grade year. We had a vacant lot across the street from our house so I promptly took my bicycle out to ride in it. Both my tires were flat within 2 minutes. Needless to say, thorn proof tubes were soon a part of my bicycling routine.