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Issue #12 November 3, 2001 Shanahan Ridge, Boulder, Colorado
featuring: Patrick Lynn, Jonathan Machen, Sara Benson,
Sanjay Rajan, Krista Morien. photos and layout: Jonathan Machen
on the rock,
different place
same old feeling
a lone white butterfly
seems to fit in among
the bleached winter grasses
ponderosa pine
burned into a totem pole
with wild, flailing arms
mysterious blue
among the pine trees
perhaps just the sun
defiant squirrel
hangs upside down and chatters
at my restless pen
warmpth of summer
but in the pine forest
stillness of winter
no earthly eye could
see the cactus spike thats
poking into my thumb
warm november sun
and colder wind--both find me
sitting on this rock
its always a time
of deep rest, knowing my friends
are waiting for me
warm november day
within green pine needles
a flash of blue
pine needles
crushing under my feet
like this mornings corn flakes
startled by the blue
flicker of a noisy jay
i lose all my thoughts
under the low sun
the trees in the forest dissolve
in shadow and light
as they fly over me
i am hoping that they
dont poop on me
nest of flattened grass
inside, i still feel the warmpth
of the does belly
i should probably
stay on the trail but i want
to hear the crunch of the grass
her shadow
the only sound the hawk makes
passing overhead
distant harley
roaring across the valley
my mind very quiet
solo/group kukai
drawing/writing/photography
jonathan machen