Friday, May 31, 2019

earth note 684


a lake is a character shouting clarity from the wetlands
it's not clear who's listening
the continental divide meanders along
and then suddenly settles all disputes
forests shape the dialogue
tamarack straight-back never giving an inch
poplar abundance
     the everyman specie
jack & norway pine the workhorses
sheltering the lakes
each lake
spider     crooked     swan     winnibigoshish
and ten thousand more
all characters
     in a play on words or the real deal
or just speaking up
like every lost soul refugee
from the blood & sweat cities
dying of thirst
looking for a pathway out
and a space within
to germinate seeds
to rise out from the grease pits
to hear like a deafening quiet
below the squealing pitch
of the tanker train
traversing the very spot
where you took your first steps
where the music begins
where a frozen pond
swallows the etchings of a poem
where the holy rolling highway
loses its way but recovers by starlight

--- e b bortz

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