H
e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s
b e r g
N
a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i
v e s E d i t i o n
GARY LAWLESS
(Every stump is sacred)
Every
stump is sacred.
Every stump a saint.
Every
silted river a church to which
the pilgrim salmon return
Every
breath of wind a love song.
We
worship in wetlands,
bow to the fern, the rock,
the holy salamander.
the blood of sweet water,
the body of moss.
[Originally
published in NHS 1994, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs94/index.html#43.]