swollen in the woods, in the brambles
nobody owns, I spend
all day among the high
branches, reaching
my ripped arms, thinking
of nothing, cramming
the black honey of summer
into my mouth; all day my body
accepts what it is. In the dark
creeks that run by there is
this thick paw of my life darting among
the black bells, the leaves, there is
this happy tongue.
"August" by Mary Oliver, from American Primitive, © Copyright 1983 by Mary Oliver.
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