Camino en Montana
Motes in a forest
candled by sunlight,
suspended and still,
ambered in honey.
Rapt by the spell
I drove toward my future.
Cuervo peligroso!
It rushed toward me.
I came to know forest
from just one tree.
Magpie -- Rick Bartow
Motes in a forest
candled by sunlight,
suspended and still,
ambered in honey.
Rapt by the spell
I drove toward my future.
Cuervo peligroso!
It rushed toward me.
I came to know forest
from just one tree.
Magpie -- Rick Bartow
Cuervo peligroso! Dangerous crow!
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