How to Stay Alive in the Woods   (for Michael O’Leary)


Mosquitoes prefer blue
and all birds are eatable


Suppose you have no gun
snares are simple and invaluable


A button is a useful lure
and the best belt has a buckle


Blood can be secured and carried
and bones may mean your salvation


Staying alive in the woods


from the green depths of sensation
From and into all the extensions of being “lost”


Perhaps it’s not your road
where you reside


a cross walk from one street to the next


Remember, anyone can build a lean-to
or start a fire without a match


Stretch out on the forest floor


Lie still
and without a doubt


Animals will come
very close


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