DESERT RACERS

Written by Tim Murphy
High desert
sagebrush
country

first time
I saw
pronghorn run

first time
I saw
wingless flight.

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Tim Murphy (he/him) is a disabled, bisexual poet who lives in Portland, Oregon. His writing explores disability and the more-than-human world. He is currently bedbound with Long Covid and ME. Tim’s poetry appears in Wordgathering, CERASUS Magazine, Remington Review, Writers Resist, The Long Covid Reader, and more. You can find him on Instagram and Twitter @brokenwingpoet.