TENTSMUIR FOREST
Karen Solie
The sign denoting a negative quantity indicates,
also, subtraction. The symbol for equivalence
among the most delicious. Distinct
in their intensities of purpose. Her children found her
on the kitchen floor, plate on the table,
pan on the stove. A life foraging in these woods,
she should have known. But to pour out
is not to spill. To spill is not to lay oneself down.
From The Caiplie Caves
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