Soon Enough

Death as Dire Wolf
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Soon Enough

You and your pack of dire wolves circle,

reminding me, Oh Death, how much

I love you.  You drive me toward cliffs

that fall away hundreds of feet to jagged rocks.

I love the terror that torments me,

the joy of a quickened heartbeat. 

I feel so fully present

in this moment.

Among your dire-wolf companions, you

stand out, Death.  A ragged lion-like mane

bristles at your shoulders.  Your snout

stretches lean and pointy,

your teeth, attenuated and sharp,

drip blood, spittle and foam.

Yes, dear Death, how alive

I feel in your presence.

I try to laugh.  You’re kind of silly,

really, so dramatic and clichéd.

I try to laugh, but choke

on fear and bile.  When you rear up

and lick my face, I forget to breathe.

Then you drop to your haunches

and grin at me.  Not yet,

you say, but soon.  Soon enough.

We stand at the edge of the precipice,

look down together. You love to teach;

I love to learn your lifelong lessons.

I rest my arm on your shoulders,

snake my fingers into your coarse fur,

and pull you close.

Mary Stebbins Taitt

130109-1036-1st

Death at the Spiral Grove

Something is killing the trees at The Spiral Grove, which I consider to be a sacred place. Acid Rain, Global warming, a new pest? I don't know, but it makes me sad! :-(

This is one of the posts I have moved from The Invisible Trail, a blog that I plan to shut down because I don't have time to keep it up and no one goes there anyway.

The responsible culprit may be the alien woodwasp! :-(

Alien woodwasp that could threaten nation's pine trees found in Fulton, N.Y., by Cornell researcher

By Susan S. Lang

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Despite dozens of interceptions at U.S. ports, a public enemy has infiltrated the nation's borders. Taken captive in Fulton, N.Y., and identified by a Cornell University expert, the adult female alien is the only one of its kind ever discovered in the eastern United States.

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