this beautiful taxonomy

 this beautiful taxonomy

(inspired by C.M., D.W., and R.W.K.)

i might watch the news if 

there were channels devoted to

phylums

would follow the red phalarope's

migration

tune in to trace bioluminous algae

and the return of the frog my 

friend has named Beauty who lives

in an open drawer in her garden chest

and for whom we place this dish of fresh water

headlining how they save us by wonder:

whole segments devoted to the turtle who

swam with me and her eggs

a station solely for watching mushrooms grow

reporting live the phases of our moon and tides

Acer palmatum at the height of crimson!

and other as yet unnamed longings we 

live by, return to, and grow to

love

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