another year to carve in the tree
wood grains are like wheat grains are like flesh grains
are identical to any seed, pod, or pupil
if your laughter had a month
it would be November, the sudden wind
can knock one over : cause a shiver : can knock one over
did you hear me?
those veins on a leaf will
be equal to or greater than your age
watch wrinkles for their wisdom
deep perforations : torrent : caterpillar chow
watch how your eyes imitate spring
deep summer, the absence of autumn
you could be grass or the petals on a Calluna
if you wanted to be
that is, if you really wanted to be
place a ear near, listen to the churning
life burgeoning through photosynthesis, through a tube, through sap
for all days of birth we should go naked
cuddle a mound of earth : really dig our nails in the stuff
for your day, this day, i suggest
guard a blueberry from stem-fall, regard grayish heathered hills
the Finnish botanist Kalm, coined Kalmia
these are the branches of you : know your history
sovereign since 1985
someone wanted to name you sun
the star that greens to a crisp pop
but instead you are a meadow, a subtle gray that twinkles
Jacklyn Janeksela can be found @ felled limbs, Oddball Magazine, The Nervous Breakdown, Berfrois, Barrelhouse, Uut Poetry, Pig Latin, Thought Catalog, Luna Magazine, Talking Book, Three Point Press, DumDum Magazine, Visceral Brooklyn, Anti-Heroin Chic, & Public Pool. She is in a post-punk band called the velblouds. her baby @ femalefilet. more art @ artmugre & a clip. she is an energy.