From Mantis 3
Enter Forest
Jane Siberry
Deer trail
Picking way
Single thread
Walking slows
To deer dream
Green rhythm
Branches brush
Clearing opens
Moss
Kneel
Tiny world
Fragrant
Precious
Rain Soil Inch
Branch rub
Afar
Bird
Ahigh
Continue
Deer trail
Picking way
Bear near
Jangle bells
Dark pine
Branches brush
Open into
New clearing
Here before?
New thread
Deer trail
Picking way
Leave forest
Other side
Veteran, eighty-three
Intelligence, honesty
Sparkling bay
Providence near
Slowly:
“Why this beautiful girl, sings world,
kneeling, my feet, cutting nails?”
Enter forest
Deer trail
Picking way
Which thread?
Deer near.
Rustle on high
The slap of solitaire cards.
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