Panax (excerpt)

oh—

not like knowledge—oh

                                    against th—

                                      with an op—

               (caught up—

               (the abrasion of—

               (trans—

                                 (loss

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an old

growth

pine/spruce/balsam

context a fine spray of light             

the register of the thing

ness, and then some

thing else

there

leaves, leaving / outside

conscious of—

oh, this is where

the the

begins                                                                         (ow

cultural contact zone       an opening

opened up thigh

aporia oplopo panax panics pan para

(ow what the

who

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network 1

sprawling clones

expand laterally

through layered

decumbent stems

sprawling stems

through decumbent

layers expand

lateral clones

network 2

clones expand

through stem’s

layered sprawl

laterally decumbent

lay later

system spray

literal ones

come scrawled

network 3

prowling ones

expend lily

though flayed

become bent steams

rally mist

cloaks air

bent paw

spans you

network 4

owl clowns

expected later really

throughout the delay red

decomposition sacked systems

spring knuckles

dampened trill

rough drill

beckoned mess