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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
