the loss of bees as metaphor/ apparent complexity
evidence of the failures of language/ this simple
exchange of gold for pepper/ of stone for paper/
contemplate the commodification of clouds/ take
those words on trust/ rivers wind through
forests/ as clouds/ as “jetstream”/ clouds to rain
to glass to blood/ he is calculating the cost v.
benefit[sic] ratio of copyrighting DNA/
“based on simple commerce and human desire” (www.dnacopyright.com)/ or the mysterious,
unexplained deaths of aspens/ (these are
new forms of memory)/ residual shadow as space
holder of light