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monolog
by devin wayne davis


A middle aged man is dressed
up; relaxing his spirit in the wild, he's unshaven;
this weekend on a mountain trek.

Ah ... it's just as TV had said ...
these woods remind him to recycle or, perhaps,
vaguely of a good book he read once; but, too soon forgot.

What was that?
(insert a cool latin tongue)
Ancestors ... bears or wolves?

Never mind,
his head is gray,
white and blue--
clear as Feung Shui
--like the sky above,
where a dizzy god races lazy
hawks & eagles, and winged things
even more specific; the trees ...
bushes ... their names given them

by Thoreau;
bending over,
to see his own reflection in a pond, ripples
... losing turquoise Indian chokers.

© devin wayne davis

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