One
I can still remember
the first time I walked
in the forest in Oregon
It defines green, more
green than Ireland or
than money, more green
than the ocean is blue.
I still remember the first
hike on the path that
we had never been on before,
we didn't know the curves
My son could barely walk
and now, the forest is much
smaller, calmer, tamer
No unknown stairs or
crooked corners to lose
children or lose ourselves
just a small loop, like a high school track
surrounded by houses and cars
and women sitting in the window
mocking me with their legs.
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