On Sight
I am so thankful I have seen
The Desert
And the creatures in The Desert
And the desert Itself.
The Desert has its own moon
Which I have seen
With my own eye
There is no flag on it.
Trees of the desert have arms
All of which are always up
That is because the moon is up
The sun is up
Also the sky
The stars
Clouds
None with flags.
If there were flags, I doubt
The trees would point.
Would you?
by Alice Walker
from Her Blue Body Everything We Know
Harvest Books, 1991