Fertile Trees
from “Some Cars”
[Lines read by various “Mitches” as a chorus. Gestures with arms sweeping downward, and downward with flexed legs]
Mitch: At a certain temperature, those trees release pollen all at once. It’s called
: curtain of gravity
: a golden haze of vegetative awakenings
: the fool blowing his wad
: this could have been a dispersal-free zone
: the inscription of skies
: the downward erotic energy
: the botanist’s handy-helper
: the scattering of the tribes
: the countless millions
: the hierarchy of arborescent structuring principles having a day off
: a grand flirtation with onlookers’ nasal hairs
: the worm’s reminder
: nude descending the staircase