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“The Dimensions”

 

The dimensions of the forest are 3 miles x 12 miles x sky. The dimensions of

the forest are mind x mud x we. The dimensions of the forest are breath x fear

x nocturnity. The dimensions of the forest are health x wealth x no home. The

dimensions of the forest are alley x body x internet. The dimensions of the

forest are web x spinner x dilation. Oosnia x pine beetle x homage. Law x

wit x domination. Knickknack x keystone x differentiation. Anxiety x

disease x  platitude. Imagination x population x language. Childhood x

phlox x furiosity. Teeth x cosmos x gravity. Infinity x cubicle x practice.

Desolation x animation x regeneration. Shadow x informant x ID. Refinery

x reservation x ridgeline. Resistance x duet x galvanization. The dimensions

of the forest are lone x pack x slander. The dimensions of the forest are

birdsong x carcass x decay. The dimensions of the forest are greed x empire

x sustenance. The dimensions of the forest are sky x 12 miles x 3 miles.

Contributor
Ellen Welcker

Ellen Welcker is the author of Ram Hands (Scablands Books, 2016), The Botanical Garden (Astrophil Poetry Prize, Astrophil Press, 2010) and several chapbooks, including The Pink Tablet, (Fact-Simile Editions, 2018). She lives in Spokane, WA.

 

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