George Mattingly: Driving

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Three male Tule Elk (Cervus canadiensis, subsp. nannodes), standing in heavy fog along Tomales Point Trail, Point Reyes National Seashore: photo by Wing-Chi Poon, 2008

Paradox

Purpose

persuasion

purple ceanothus

in singular fog

voices advertising trust

fish-tail
round sharp curve

just a second

for life

to straighten

and pass.

Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, Real Jardin Botánico, Madrid: photo by A. Barra, 2004

Ceanothus jepsonii var. jepsonii, Pine Mountain Fire Road, Marin County, California: photo by Eric from SF, 26 February 2011

George Mattingly: Driving, from Ten Poems, 1999