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OFF THE ROAD by Thomas Fallon

Off the road
into tall grass,
wild bushes, ferns
green, dripping
rainwater globules

scooching down,
my self surrounded
by green leaves, my head
equal to wild
green bushes

tall grasses and ferns,
pristine water globules
held to green leaves
equal to my self

I lay down
in wild, green bushes,
tall grass, ferns green,
water globules
splittering down on
my face under green leaves

pristine globules splittering
down on my self
in green leaves

wet and laughing
in wild green bushes,
tall grass, ferns
green, the green,
wet and laughing.