Busted

Governor Daniels going to cut down
Mighty trees of the backcountry
Our forests of Monroe county
Has he ever even hiked them?
Taken the time to look at what lives?
To listen to their message?

We read recently that he was
Busted for possession of Cannabis
Hashish and LSD while living
In the dorms of Princeton, 1970
So surely he must be aware
Of the wild, unspeakable worlds
That thrive beyond normal perception
He must have a memory, at least
An inkling of what it felt like
To be sensitive and open enough
To receive Nature's endless gifts.

VINE Portal

An old fashioned walk
Through the wilds
Of Bloomington where
Purple brambles and
Power line love birds
Intermingle freely.

Tree Burls V

Derma Dream

Removed one face upon
Finding out it was fake, only to reveal
Another artificial face.
A farce of a face!
A ludicrous, empty show
So easily peeled off
One face after another
Layer upon layer
And it never ends--

Photo by Vincent L.
Facepeeling by Tia T.

Tree Burls IV

Tree Burls III

Tree Burls II

Tree Burls I

Play close attention to the tension
Take time by the throat
Do the whole extra-dimensional-dance
Reestablish total control over
The telling of your story.

The ice storm rages outside. Work called off early today, Nature reminding us that our daily commitments are arbitrary and subject to her alterations.

While pondering this we received a monthly email update from one Paleo, a traveling musician whose writing we do admire and enjoy, perhaps more so than his music. He writes an email on the first of every month and he has not missed a month, not for at least the few years since we accidentally signed on to his list. Regarding this strict commitment he wrote,

"existence herself is held together by a tight weave of arbitrary commitments made by elements and atoms and forces of all kinds, to be there like they said they'd be, to do the things they promised they would when they said they'd do them. the sun does that, and so will i, til one or the other of us books it and takes the solar system with them"

Quite right on. We eagerly anticipate next month's message.

In the meantime we shall enjoy our surprise "time off" despite that we absolutely love our daily work and would be just as happy doing that today, ice storm or not...

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