Flint and flight:                                             Flinta och flyta:
Nature curls, open:                                      Naturen lockas, öppnas:
Unwinding.                                          ­         Nystas av.

We walk, not straight, lined                         Vi går, ej rakt, fram
In slow curves,                                              I långsamma kurvor,
A met horizon.                                             En mötande horisont.

Breath, in flumes,                                        Andetag,  i rännor,
Breath invisible,                                          Osynlig andedräkt,
Warmth freezes winter.                              Värmen fryser vintern.

All roots and branches                                  Alla rötter och grenar
Striving to hold up:                                      Strävar att hålla upp:
falling sky.                                                   fallande himmel.

So much for trying.
They're not even trying.
So, we took three bags full of plastic,
Down to the recycling.

And somewhere specific in the Pacific
More life eats and dies.

Who remembers buying goods
From wooden drawers
Given in brown paper bags?

No?

Now all is trade and import/export
On boats and planes

And all life is plastic.

(News, May 2015: Every new home in France must grow food or have solar paneling)

Maupassant and Baudelaire
Say stick it up your derriere
You countries that just won't care
'Cos energy is free as free as thought
In sunshine caught
So take your sticky carbon crap
Your shale, oil, and your frack
And leave them in the ground below
For we are here: the undertow
And we will grow.

You,
You are a women of power!
You stride through
The rivers of life
Like a water buffalo.

sea wake
shale rake
snipe & drake
winters slake

tern & turn
rush & fern
grey dawn
a wings return

moons caul
weasels maul
muted toll
wicked all

Waking eyes
tied dyed

Breaking lies
Tide died

so green
in your green car
with your green fridge
your green sprays
and your green chemicals
your green poisons
your green logos
will green the planet

Flint and flight:                                               Flinta och flyta:
Nature curls, open,                                        Naturen lockas, öppnas,
The  unwinding.                                          ­   Nystas av.

We walk, not straight lined                         Vi går, ej rakt fram
But in slow curves,                                        Men i långsamma kurvor,
Towards a met horizon.                                Mot en mötande horisont.

To breathe, not in flumes,                             Att andas, inte i rännor,
But breath invisible,                                       Men med osynlig andedräkt,
As warmth freezes winter.                            Såsom värmen fryser vintern.

All root and branch                                        Alla rötter och grenar
Strive to hold up                                             Strävar att hålla upp
A falling sky.                                                   En fallande himmel.

sea grey and hard
concrete craves
the whole world
and every word in it

Pay dirt

leaving leaves
winter bare
aspen grey
oak black
elm ochre

gaw ground
trench & trunk
rotted root
writhe

forger's leafs
gild & guile
natures' fall

Once twelve
Now one