guess what
=
compilation
of trunk
branches leaves
imagined roots
& suspension
of disbelief
=
summer & the multiplication
of shade & shadows
=
the soil the earth
the dirt insist beneath
my feet
trusting as my head
does the transaction
& irresistance
of air
=
I
too suffer the 4
seasons
=
leafless & fruitless
in the fire
perseveres even
without picture & id.
=
against the dictionary
& botany
against Monet
& Goethe
against my eyes
& my tongue
the seed sedition
=
that first
drawing class in elementary
school the ever loss
of green plus the seduction
& sedation of the seen