11:59 to Tucson

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+++ In this great magnetic field + +
the buzzards swarm ++
a heat wave + of bloodclot-messengers +++
They sky-write directions + to the old ways +++

Nobody wants me +++ljust stare at the world
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My secret +graffiti + NDN name + is Eohippus+++
They call me + dawn horse + because I nightshift
+++ In the dim desert +I till + the halite fields+ +cultivate
desert rose crystals++ reap selenite+
from the horned toads' backs

Excerpt from “MARIKAN+NDN+HORSE”, Poem by Natalie Diaz
Brad Kahlhamer: 11:59 to Tucson is accompanied by a full-color catalog published by the Tucson Museum of Art with essay by Julie Sasse, PhD, Chief Curator; foreword by Jeremy Mikolajczak, Jon and Linda Ender Director and CEO; poetry by Natalie Diaz, Pulitzer Prize winning Akimel O’otham and Mojave poet.
March 17, 2022–September 25,2022