~Trees~

By WordWulf, 25th Feb 2011 | Follow this author | RSS Feed | Short URL http://nut.bz/v-cezhkq/
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~tympany of armor~whisper leaves click~roots of dawn~dinosaurs and ants~devour us~give birth our children~God-brain consciousness~chaos~catastrophe~stasis~reduced mobility~mordidity~ metamorphisis~blood on blood definition~diseased to survive~destined to breed out~

~Trees~

Like giant frozen ants
they people the horizon
Are they marching or cloud passing
illusion or prehistoric gait
open to specific remembrance
certainty of future scene
opportunities in the eye of dawn

On the threshold
a keen awareness develops
provides window, a frame of reference
These are circles we have been
tied wandering to bodies of water
feet planted as some tender root
proud bent and dependent

Each separate universe of skin
a community of creatures
rapt about its God brain
chaos, random catastrophic event
brittle static hair
nests, a whisper of dinosaur wing
primordial umbrella

~Tom (WordWulf) Sterner~
~Earth Chapel~
~Questioning Horsery~
~Makin’ Music in the House O’ Blood~

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WordWulf
Tom Sterner lives in Redding, California and Arvada, Colorado with wife Kathy. He has been published in numerous magazines and on the internet, including Howling Dog Press/Omega, Skyline Literary Review, The Storyteller, and Flashquake. His interne...(more)