i like you postcards

i like you, so here are your instructions:

rattlesnake grass, yucca, prickly pear
interiors illuminated by lightning, structures and ridge lines seen from the back
the hard part is not the fight, the hard part is to get to the fight, to find it
the hard part is not losing, the hard part is to find out how to get into the fight
the hard part is not having lost, the hard part is being side-lined out of the fight forever
how does your blood taste this time
how is the wind this morning
for now we shall forget some of that other shit
memory of rain on wood, rain on tin

i like you, i said to myself