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Premium Member Undersky Sleeping, Bonekeeping
In the holy spot
with the sitting rock,
an oak. Out back
shagbark hickory
and maple.

Ants climb the rock.
August, birds
celebrate flowering
weeds, the seeds
of autumn to come.

I am here to name it
and know it and help it
to grow. These mountains
are my grave. A good grave
to go to.

The crows have been
in...

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Categories: sumacs, august, autumn, flower, mountains,
Form: Free verse

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