My 02/03/26 postcard is a torn prickly pear fruit, its skin split wide to reveal a dense cluster of glossy seeds. The damage isn’t accidental; birds have been here, pecking and pulling at the exposed interior. What remains is a quiet record of use rather than ruin: a desert plant opened by hunger.

Chuck Arning

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