nicole reynolds - poems


pinecone fire


do you want children?
-no
i don't want them either
-but then we won't have anyone to
look after us when one of us dies

we made a fire in the forest last night
pine cones and twigs and whatever
we could find
out in the san juan mountains
it was easy and long lasting and the
smoke blew in our eyes and our noses
and i wondered about god again
and whether or not
animals have creation myths
i made one up for a tree i saw
and told you the whole story



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