Your Nature
Poem
the sky - it's free
yes well you don't need another
nature poem
do you
if you do then maybe
the next nature poem will be
your next perception of the
natural world
the next birdsong
when it matters to you
or a wind hits your face
or some other animal appears
out of nowhere
reminds you of Nothing's big
promise
that could be your next nature
poem
but if these things pass you
by
you do not see them hear them
taste them touch them smell them
then maybe your nature poem
has gone somewhere else
to the Land of Squandered Poems
where they lie around all day
in tanning beds
talking about television and
boys
if you write a nature poem now
you might call it
The Nature in Me
my dripping nose my tired feet
something like that
because you are nature too you
know
the bird flies through your
stomach
the wind the stillness of tree
stump
they're in you too
just stop
shut up
listen for a while
everything will finally make
sense
or not
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