From the Body
we longed for wet darkness the aftermath
of burial and that fractioning of flesh
far in the circular currents of the earth
our selves dispersed abased to be remade
by the mandible blades of beetles
by the muscular lips of earthworms
by the millions of myriad mouthparts
diffusing our bodies with the deep
with bacterial lines to break down ties
our enzymes catalyzed our proteins cleaved
to peptides leaving us by millipede
or through fine strands of fungal mycelium
reaching us as even our DNA dissolves
our helices unstructure eased to pieces
as life’s held breath finally releases
in the exhalation of a subterranean star
those dark flares of phosphorus and carbon
the wide waves of nitrates radiating
through eluvial layers through horizons
of subsoil and stratum in staggering blasts
of a slow motion nova our molecules
unbroken our blood still flowing still flooding
to the hairy tributaries of straining roots
our minerals sieved through membranes of cells
our waters swept up stems of stiff lignin
as we transpire to rise to reach leaves and lift
off as streams of vapour for thermal updrafts
our fragments scattered only to be woven
back into fabric into growth running on
into that endless longing of the body