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Thursday, June 10, 2010

Yellow Pine Pollen





YELLOW PINE POLLEN


FILTERS THROUGH THE AIR
BLOWING LIKE CLOUDS OF SULFUR
SPEWED, BLOWN BY A FINE WIND
MINED FROM PINES TALL AND SLIM
SCATTERED UPON THE WINGS OF PUFF
DROPPED, THIS FINE PINE DUST
EVERYWHERE YOU STEP
IT IS GATHERED BY
THE FOOTPRINTS YOU MAKE
THE DUST OF POLLEN IS THERE
NO MISTAKE...
SWEEP IT UP 
IT APPEARS AGAIN
LAYERS UPON LAYERS
BREATHE DEEPLY FRIEND
FILL YOUR LUNGS
GET UNDER YOUR SKIN...
YELLOW PINE POLLEN
COLORING BEAUTIFUL WIND SCAPES
WITH YOUR HUE FILLED CLOUDS
BILLOWING, SHIMMERING
AS THE SUN LIGHT STREAMS
THROUGH IN BEAMS
LANDING SOFTLY SETTLING
NOW HERE, OR THERE
EVERYWHERE
IN YELLOW PARTICLES
DUSTING THE CORNERS
OF BUILDINGS
OF STEPS
ON TABLES
ON CHAIRS
ON THE GROUND
IN YOUR HAIR
DUSTING THE SPIDER WEB
THAT LIVES WHERE IT HANGS
BY THE SPIDER THAT IS COVERED
IN YELLOW PINE POLLEN...
YOUR CAR IS STRICKEN IN 
PINE POLLEN MESSAGES...
LINEAR WRITINGS OF YELLOW GOLD...
DO YOU LOOK UP IN THE TREES
SO YOU SEE ITS BOTANICAL ORIGIN?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES?
THEY SAY THAT LAST YEAR
THERE WAS NO PINE POLLEN
AND THIS YEAR, WE HAVE
POLLINATION IN TOTAL 
ILLUMINATION...
NATURE HAS CHANGED AGAIN.
SHE MAKES YOU TAKE NOTICE
OF THE UNSEEN MIRACLES...
SHE EMPHASIZES THE WEB
THE CONNECTIVITY OF ITS PARTS
ARE YOU SEEKING THE RADIUS?
IT LEADS TO THE SEAT OF YOUR SOUL.

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