Food for Fruiting Bodies
Food for Fruiting Bodies
Food for Fruiting Bodies
by Hayley J. Boyle
Death comes slow for the forest.Sleeping giants felled,conceding to spores settling among fibers,fingertips clasped to one anotherchewing through winter wood or summer wood.Moss damp with dew and green like cutting teeth,throwing tiny periscopes up to grow beyond.Little lives marrying under the sun,fractals festooning the earth in sunbursts,turning stone to dust and wood to pulp.All demanding existence whilewings beat and whiskers twitch and tongues flickerfor another meal.About:
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