by Ally Fowler
myopic belief system_____shapes babel___ underfoot
the arc of the__root like a__________bethlehem beam
guiding______star_________existed before____kings
upturned into soil_______________ and concrete now
risen to block_____out the____firmament__stretching
the universe__and folding_________in the____ shape
of_________________fungal____________mycelium
curved as_______a bundle of_________ nerve endings
like_________conductive lightning_________ like the
shape of_______the______breath___ at winter solstice
networks________fractal_______and_______ familiar
mushrooms____________________ bloom tender and
their________roots traverse___the_______same miles
underground___________________________as above
firing_______messages________ like a military squad
such as_____here i am_____lovely decay_a holy story
for the disbelievers_____a fact in_______ earth’s core
written_____in the roots____present____in the spores
we share half__of our dna________with_______fungi
half of______our illness____half of our______history
moulding_____________and___________ primordial
presence of_____the plant_____________in our veins
the____secret of__________death_____________just
like love__________but_____________ never violent
like love___________without___________precaution
love like______the mushroom head_________peering
from the_______woods_________at the______ hikers
searching_____for that________same intrinsic__ rush
and____waiting_______for them__________to find it
buoyed ______________from the ground up
