July 14, 1988
(I was 43)
Tree
The Cambrian layer is the
spongy tissue,
the cork capillaries
beneath the rough bark
where growth happens, where
nourishment is carried
up from the roots to leaf
in the sun,
leaf whose flat green
surface accepts carbonized toxin.
In the radiant light they
give back the breath of earth.
Siphoned poisons are a
source of strength.
Strength is flexibility
rooted in a localized reality
that casts arms outward to
winded birds,
drawing song to itself,
reproductive music,
rhythmic synapse in
subcutaneous cells.
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