DEEP FOREST CAMP

DEEP FOREST CAMP, WHITE PASS

Studies in accompaniment and snow.

A zendo for the boy.

Fall lines on the edge of consciousness.

“We have to live in a way that liberates the ancestors

and future generations who are inside of us.”

Winter camped, Thich Nhat Hanh says

for this day’s Mothership read,

“If we do not liberate our ancestors,

we will be in bondage all our life

and we will transmit that to our children and grandchildren.”

The boy wraps himself in a mummy bag

in the sleeping compartment over the truck.

Grandpa picks up the book the boy brought

from the library. The girl says to the boy,

You can see through the mist, you know what’s real.

Jim Bodeen

6 February 2017