Ultimate Rot May 3, 2018February 2, 2019 A picture couldn’t do justice to Arctic wind’s ferocity blowing across the great lake thirty or forty m.p.h. white caps rushing toward shore water, trees, sand and leaves … combined Shhsssshing relentlessly, my hoody inflated into a reverse parachute pushing my head and body backward. Dots of rain prick my face the occasional snow flake spirals by. I’m forced to retreat to calmer climes along the road where not so long ago it seemed cold before cresting the hill at the shoreline to face Arctic wind’s ferocity. I made my way up the hill to 23 turned left onto the bike path for a mile or so, past the alabaster pipeline. I turned around, for no reason walked back the way I came to the end of the bike path at the top of the hill. Descending the hill I heard the SNAP CRACK! of dead firs breaking like sticks the broken half still attached to the ground looking like a beast, patches of bleached wood where bark had fallen with jagged, pointed, dagger teeth an angry beast thrust up from the earth pointed skyward still attached to roots rotten and brittle below ground the only force keeping the trees pointing skyward with snarling fury the soul of each tree’s pent up frustration raging at nature’s forces finally allowed to express their furiosity at the plague of beetles who caused their demise, long gone now off to greener pastures. The fir tree’s plaintive wails, their pent up frustration, their solitary ghost sounds their howls of pain unheard in their after lives they had become ghost trees wailing at the wind! their pain punctuated by SNAP! CRACK!! SNAP!! SNAP!!! CRACK!!!!! the initial sound of ultimate rot … Share this:TwitterLinkedInRedditPocketPinterestPrintEmailMoreFacebookLike this:Like Loading... Related
tribalmysticstories says: May 3, 2018 at 3:13 am Reply I felt the words and loved the imagery. LikeLike
midcenturyman says: May 3, 2018 at 9:41 pm Reply I felt your words and generosity. thanks ks LikeLike
I felt the words and loved the imagery.
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I felt your words and generosity. thanks ks
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