swifts  &  s l o w s · a quarterly of crisscrossings

afoot in the woods
Steve Wilson

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Several Disarticulations

A-muddied, we,
in the grotes. Thrumping.
Swirmed. Bundled
under the trumbles.

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Moss, tree rot,
fiddleheads – “I”
afoot in the woods.

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– strategic – of loss – not
losing – a retreat down
into – salamandered
souterrains – labyrinths –

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Impulse. Downflow
and current. A hasp.
A tongue. A staunch.

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Steve Wilson’s poetry has appeared in journals and anthologies nationwide, as well as in six collections, the most recent entitled Complicity (2023). He lives in San Marcos, Texas.