it took a
month to acclimate
to the
rainforest in thailand
opposite side
of the earth
the body
dripping free
renewal
like a monsoon
summer
water always the source of life
flushing out
soot and rust
coming from
the midwest
where names
are best forgotten
it's only fair
to begin at
the origin
stolen
land and slave ships
backyard coke
ovens and coal mines
there is more
than history here
twisted &
forgotten
mountain songs
spring outta
bowels and fault lines
skipping
past the egalitarian dreams
ellis island
has walls of its own
there are no
answers outside the rainforest
this is
not an original idea
maybe there
are no answers
at all
keeping an
open ear to the ground
looking for
the cloud trailing off with a story
you'll know it
when you feel it
even rain
pelts eventually shrivel the body
in the age of
the ancients
there are no
timelines
--- e b bortz
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