Zoey Del’s Reviews > The Sonoran Desert: A Literary Field Guide > Status Update

The saguaro poem is so beautiful and encapsulates what I love most of about the desert—its patience and its desire to live off only what it is given.

“Does it feel like greed or
self-actualization when rain
comes and you suck it up
as fast as you can
even if you starve the mesquite
that sheltered your youth?”