John asked
before the pizza shop last night philosophy
or spirituality or both like echoes in mind the
exponential and unknowable in philosophy
yes cause and effect of thought rebounds
well trinkets flicker the spiritual seeping
thru such tangental flows there found
had swum down stream to
not let eyes sting curled nail
clippings of cascades and flood bent
thickets lomandra springing below bone
washed basalt and she oak glades silver
ash peeking up eucalypts always stretching
tall hoop pine shades sun breaking grey cloud
casket white light blinding canopy as each
layer of forest wall sways down
standing on a rock after gliding to the
depths of the Nymboida river the out of
self is risen as turpentine scales sweep the surface
held in the midst of the gorge breathing to forget you ever
existed the wind its overpowering shudder comes