October 23, 2025

The Wild Under the Wilderness

 by Ansley Clark
 
 
Touching the dune grasses and their tall glow
an easy way to locate oneself
 
I have a pile of something here     elemental nouns
which disperse     like seasonal insects
 
quinces poach in pink cinnamon syrup
plant cuttings on the windowsill embroider
 
water with soft roots    and suddenly I am more
committed to everything than I realized 
 
isn't this just
so consistently my weakness    that I want to stay 
 
stay here I mean    on earth
accumulating these little houses
 
and I tie this old     childhood love around my waist
while I wade out farther and I wade out farther 

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