What this is

by Adrian Alvarez

I’m standing at the edge
Or a forest

corner  .  laxative

Trip: These words,
My expense.

What of firs like these?
What of Christmas?
What of darkly covered souls

in there . in there

Poem: Mapping a trail,
My expense.

Is anything possible
Inside wild
And powerful beginnings?

worth it . empty iteration

Language: The fate of all civilizations,
My expense