before the first idea took its name,
before the kindling of the conscious flame,
there was the rock, the root, the falling rain,
the patient, pulsing, un-argued domain.
not a commodity to claim or hold,
not a mere story waiting to be told,
but the cold fact, the leaf, the claw, the sod,
the absolute, the undeniable fungi god.
......
before the first idea took its name,
before the kindling of the conscious flame,
there was the rock, the root, the falling rain,
the patient, pulsing, un-argued domain.
not a commodity to claim or hold,
not a mere story waiting to be told,
but the cold fact, the leaf, the claw, the sod,
the absolute, the undeniable fungi god.
......