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Full of doubt. About survival of the species and my own. A plague of tent caterpillars, worse than an infestation, an insurgency that has left the sky naked, bones revealed, trees knee deep in webbing. Another way to look at it: The caterpillars have opened up the understory. It's not a form of terrorism, it's an opportunity for otherwise repressed species to assert genetic relevance. A scientist gets out among the ticks and webs, observes the march of barberries up the watershed, mustards spread in tire treads, and hidden among this mess of invasives, a jalopy of a hunter's roost. Beer cans are also diagnostic. Inwood Park, dog **** and abandoned cars, yet a copper beech around       which Indians camped. The broken asphalt and Spanish language. Humanity followed time there. When I see a fox, a coyote or a bear, I think What Good       Luck to be made of clay and alive this year. If I saw a cougar I would not know what to do. It would change my life, like an archaic torso of Apollo. Look for the silver lining. Walk on the sunny side of the street. Count your blessings. Life goes on. A little better every day in       every way. You can't take it with you. It's only money. People who need       people are the luckiest beetles in the world.
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Aug 10, 2015
Aug 10, 2015 at 9:40 AM UTC
Infestation
Full of doubt. About survival of the species and my own. A plague of tent caterpillars, worse than an infestation, an insurgency that has left the sky naked, bones revealed, trees knee deep in webbing. Another way to look at it: The caterpillars have opened up the understory. It's not a form of terrorism, it's an opportunity for otherwise repressed species to assert genetic relevance. A scientist gets out among the ticks and webs, observes the march of barberries up the watershed, mustards spread in tire treads, and hidden among this mess of invasives, a jalopy of a hunter's roost. Beer cans are also diagnostic. Inwood Park, dog **** and abandoned cars, yet a copper beech around       which Indians camped. The broken asphalt and Spanish language. Humanity followed time there. When I see a fox, a coyote or a bear, I think What Good       Luck to be made of clay and alive this year. If I saw a cougar I would not know what to do. It would change my life, like an archaic torso of Apollo. Look for the silver lining. Walk on the sunny side of the street. Count your blessings. Life goes on. A little better every day in       every way. You can't take it with you. It's only money. People who need       people are the luckiest beetles in the world.
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Aug 10, 2015
Aug 10, 2015 at 9:40 AM UTC
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