Forest, wanted
August 14, 2008
to run away to.
Must have:
a dense border
like the concertinaed layering of a
black ball gown,
or a wedding dress
pulled through undergrowth,
alternatively, like the night-time
underneath a bed.
The successful applicant
will have enough trees
to burn down a large city,
will have enough leaves
to carpet the moon,
will be equally at home
in both the practical reality
and the fairytale story book
The successful applicant
must rustle in the dark,
be experienced in the fields
of wait lying, comforting the lost,
dappling light to look like hope,
The forest
must have a clearing
at it’s heart, large enough
to house a single women
and all of her not insignificant possessions.
Or be prepared to accommodate one.