sand and air embrace and retract
in a relentless twilight frenzy
leaving sizzling amber residue in their wake.
the mongols
the uyghurs
the dörvöd
the torguud
the kazakhs
the tajiks
the kyrgyz
perpetual witnesses to the glimmering sheen
of sun-and-moon-soaked motes, and
the incessant frigidity of time’s torpid thaw
fn:
night aether sidesteps the plains, and
earth and air relinquish their power struggle.
enter:
the triumphant sashay of midnight.
