π³π°π#Rabbits and #Fireπ³π°π
π²ππ²#Rabbits and #Fireπ²ππ²
π°Everythingβs been said
But one last thing about the desert,
And itβs awful: During brush fires in the Sonoran desert,
π°Brush fires that happen before the monsoon and in the great,
Deep, wide, and smothering heat of the hottest months,
The longest months,
The hypnotic, immeasurable lulls of August and Julyβ
During these summer fires, jackrabbitsβ
Jackrabbits and everything else
That lives in the brush of the rolling hills,
π°But jackrabbits especiallyβ
Jackrabbits can get caught in the flames,
No matter how fast and big and strong and sleek they are.
And when theyβre caught,
π°Cornered in and against the thick
Trunks and thin spines of the cactus,
When they canβt back up any more,
When they canβt move, the flameβ
It touches them,
π°And their fur catches fire.
Of course, they run away from the flame,
Finding movement even when there is none to be found,
Jumping big and high over the wave of fire, or backing
Even harder through the impenetrable
π°Tangle of hardened saguaro
And prickly pear and cholla and barrel,
π°But whichever way they find,
What happens is what happens: They catch fire
And then bring the fire with them when they run.
They donβt know theyβre on fire at first,
Running so fast as to make the fire
Shoot like rocket engines and smoke behind them,
π°But then the rabbits tire
And the fire catches up,
Stuck onto them like the needles of the cactus,
Which at first must be what they think they feel on their skins.
Theyβve felt this before, every rabbit.
But this time the feeling keeps on.
And of course, they ignite the brush and dried weeds
All over again, making more fire, all around them.
π°Iβm sorry for the rabbits.
And Iβm sorry for us
To know this.
ππ’ text:ππ’ Alberto RΓos ππ’searchππ’: Vitor hugo Lizardi Leonardi
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#way , #fire , #them
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