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PAISAJE--
TRAVELING ON A BUS FROM CACERES TO SALAMANCA

Rock wall pattern runs winding past
nut-brown rich, green, sand-checkered
roller-coaster land, snow-,dusted peaks;
cows horses sheep calm, having Supper,
olive, orange groves, geometric bush phalanxes,
gnarled stumpiness in clay-red rock;
bright white town, busily whiling time,
great river under Roman stone arches,
monasteries, castles quiet-ageless bird havens;
shepherd, dog watching sheep, drowsy work,
curious children, reserved women, worldly men,
walled cypress garden around beloved ancestors.
Rock wall pattern runs winding past
Spanish countryside.