photo: coastal prairie in Sonomo Co. 8.20.13
Reciprocity Pantoum
we are the ones we have been waiting for*
because who looks for signs of badger
on coastal prairie near mammoth rubs
or are they maybe together with coyote
because who looks for signs of badger
digging gopher mounds so elude us
or together with coyote maybe they are
walking the edge to view the abyss
digging gopher mounds so elude us
as does goatman killing black bear
walk the edge in full view of abyss
to face the westerlies with ocean fog
as does goatman killing black bear
mistakenly he won't lower his gun
face blowing fog & follow a pair
of bobcat tracks on sand dunes
of bobcat tracks on sand dunes
he mistakenly won't lower his gun
at the joining of rivers in watersheds
follow two bobcats on sand dunes
to listen to the land, communicate
to listen to the land, communicate
at the joining of rivers in watersheds
off both feet in the mint on the ground
off both feet in the mint on the ground
listen to the land and communicate
about the stories of the Coast Miwoks
on the ground off both feet in the mint
with salamanders, snakes, spotted owls
Coast Miwok basket stories and berries
on coastal prairie near mammoth rubs
with salamanders, snakes, spotted owls
we are the ones we have been waiting for*
*from June Jordan's "Poem for South African Women" in Passions (1980)
photo: 6.22.13 summer solstice in the Green Hairstreak Corridor SF
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