chinese highlands west of broken bow

one million of these deer
w/elephant—like
snubbed
or
stubbed
see things she hides in these trunks
for swimming
i decide who
reels in—
horror, the catfish kisser
what
mass genocide by water-hole beach
sandhills & where
thinking empty prairie no
matter when
is an eerie ocean though driving
non-stop
& stopping
each time an oasis
each time
a swim
everywhere we don’t go
a sound
empty as it may-be
for the awkward ghosts to migrate