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A Poem Is Its Own Animal

Poetic Encounters at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum

On summer nights when the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is open, people bring black lights to shine on the stone walls, in search of scorpions. The animals glow under ultraviolet light. Human visitors are rarely disappointed in their quest—and yes, it’s probably better for them to see scorpions here than in a closet at home.…