Human for a Moment

By Fern Golden

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human,

for a moment in time.
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& yet:

in the same way that wood

returns with fire to become soil,

soon enough this body will emerge
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as: owl, birch, salmon, fern,

lynx, hornet, turtle, spruce,

raven, berry, mountain, wind,

mycelium, river, shell, thorn,

glacier, sand, cloud, rainbow--
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every star that ever was
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every dream that ever will be
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all my relations.
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