the brain needs a forest
but gets the schematic tapestry of woodlot
and dammed-up river run
the under-spiced taste of semi-wild
something they plan in the ministry
a couple of rumpled suits and a murder of maps
you have the brochure, its sensitive typesetting
but the hungry tissue seeks it’s wrong turn
to make the path from steps not imagined
to breath purple flower, think sumac
join the nurse log’s green-shoot seminar
witness thumbnail empires rising
fueled by leaf mulch and wood-rot
cedar tang on the tongue commands
this brain needs to get lost!
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Published in A complete handbok for survival in the urban wilds Cactus Press 2009
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