#freerangetacos

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Full scansion:

◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – An alluvial fan? ◡ ◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – From an ephemeral stream? – ◡ ◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – That's my geological jam. – ◡ – Flash flood slam, ◡ – ◡ ◡ – A sediment dream. ◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – Then the water redeems, ◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – Leaving gravel and sand ◡ ◡ – ◡ – – Like a layered ice cream. – ◡ ◡ – ◡ Out in the desert, ◡ ◡ ◡ – ◡ – Where the arroyos scream, ◡ – ◡ ◡ – Geology's art, ◡ – ◡ ◡ – I’m mapping the theme. ◡ ◡ – ◡ – From a mountain flank, ◡ ◡ – ◡ – Down a steep ravine, ◡ ◡ – ◡ – It spreads out wide, ◡ – ◡ ◡ – You know what I mean. – ◡ ◡ – Sorting by size, ◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – Like a sieve in a dream, ◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – With the boulders up front ◡ ◡ – ◡ – And the silts downstream. – ◡ – Dry most days, ◡ ◡ – ◡ ◡ – Then a seasonal stream ◡ ◡ – ◡ – Makes a fan-shaped mark ◡ ◡ – ◡ – Like a geo-scheme.

Metrical form: dimeter lines ending on stressed syllables. Almost all lines fit the pattern (◡ ◡ ◡) – ◡ ◡ –

Rhyme scheme: ABAABBABCBDBEBFBFBGBHBIB

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