Slug on a Root
amber-orange cedar,
lacquered by the moisture
of a dawn-dipped storm,
a cragswym embraces it,
indolent of glide,
trailing a sheen of rainbows.
no hurry
in the swan-soft stride,
agile as an elixir of genesis.
no qualm in this living gleam,
which rides a brushstroke of creation
out of muddy oubliettes.
sleek and docile,
oozy and patient,
proud on surgent stalks--
never to harden
or fossilize in purpose--
this primordial adventurer
plies utopian canvas.
luminous colors adorn its poise
to effloresce.
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cragswym = cragswoman/cragsman
wym = gender neutral for woman/man
e.g. "history of mankind" becomes "history of wymkind"
fireman/firewoman becomes firewym
--7/3/22 "poise" replaces "motion"
7/23/22 "adorn" replaces "adorning"/"surgent" replaces "surging"
8/7/22 added comma after "glide"
changed structure of last paragraph
8/19 "rides" replaces "rode" ... changed last paragraph
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