Tall Bog Onions at Holly Brook (Allium validum), highly edible & must
prized by the members of the Lewis & Clark Corps of Discovery,
Eagle Cap Wilderness . . .







THE DIFFERENCE OF BUT A HALF A STEP

Bright sun on granite,

a major key ascending

beyond the highest peaks,

beyond the most distant of stars.


A cloud passes by with misty rain . . .


Instantly, all changes to shades of

dark, wet, volcanic rock,

a minor key descending

with roots to the middle of the Earth.


The happy and the melancholy,

two sides of one movement . . .

How could I ever choose?

O gods of the most divine of soundscapes, forgive

us that philosophers no longer ponder

this difference of but a half a step between 3rds.

O mystery of creation!

My lyre of peace shall be forever tuned

and tempered

to both.




Muir Lake,
Eagle Cap Wilderness,
Oregon, IX.12.2008




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