No one remembers whose cattle
died on these hills—
barren now, corrugated with gullies.
Rainwater runs off of them
like a rusted tin roof.
Not on any map,
but irrefutable, it’s a place
some cherish and come to
because here you can learn
how to hide in plain sight.
Don Thompson has been writing about the San Joaquin Valley for over fifty years, including a dozen or so books and chapbooks. For more info and links to publishers, visit his website at www.don-e-thompson.com.
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