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she waits to be pried open
and display her water socket
seedlings stuck in stiff lining

Today I fully inhabit my body,
Watching the sunlight brighten
Each flower on my pillowcase,
Then move across the hardwood floor.

The hot autumn sun rests
On a fallen tree trunk,
Whitening its petrified nerve endings.

Long ago we planted a tree and when it grew last year
It already had our names carved into its bark.
I know I have loved you before, a few times,
while the rest of the country fought the revolution,
or learned to program a VCR

When their time came, they resisted,
Warriors in a struggle of equals

Mountains, rivers, rattlesnakes, and red rocks beckon
while freedom flows in on a breeze.
This rugged land is a dream asleep in the wild

And they shouted and they screamed and they protested, But amidst the Persistent And Conflicting Clamor That permeated the feed, Apathy soon crept in And Apathy begat Normalization And Normalization begat Acceptance And...

as much as I like the item in the catalogue,
#WA-265, please cancel my order.

There is wildness here,
Raw and raging

August Christmas trees; last year’s tinsel; forgotten relatives; broken candy canes; whipped egg nog; red dresses

As the first light warms the earth
He drags himself out from under a stone