Popular Poems About Deserts

I imagine the day they
found a catfish in the desert

An archeologist winced at
an unforgiving sun,
stretched his neck
and polished another
fucking rock
in the stupid sand
and cursed the
sheer idiocy of it all

because it’s
drunken shit-faced dumb
to look for sea snakes
in the desert

But those intrepid explorers
found their evidence

About 100 Million years ago,
while T-Rex dropped shits the
size of smart cars,
the Sahara Desert
was a vast sea
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Sonoran desert
sparse like you
unsentimental wishes
alluring invitation
cancelled party

In shadows deep, where whispers coil,
a demon's heart, a restless soil.
Desire stirs in darkest night,
to seize the power, to taste no bright.

Yearning for control, unseen,
in minds and hearts where fears convene.
Chaos beckons its sweet embrace
to twist the calm, leave not a trace.

In every tear, in every scream,
fueling nightmares, shattering dreams.
A dance of torment, endless fire,
feeding on the souls that dry.

Power sought in realms of pain.
A demon’s thirst, a crimson stain.
Corruption's...