Neurons take a dendritic form

to maximize their receptivity to the lightning of thought.

Let’s be honest:

we were adrift long before we were at sea.

has convinced us this stillness is meditative?

we will all have to become subnivean.

Only love. Maybe.

sawed-off end of a log
now riddled
with openings

maple-leaf viburnum / turns out its true color / is viburnum

haiku: state forest / a maze of snail trails / on the road sign

at the trailhead / a maple limb grows down / into the earth

snake at my feet / wanting and not wanting / to stroke its scales

haiku: “sprouting acorns / the No Hunting sign / nearly blank with age”

always has vacancies— dead maple