I almost squashed a tarantula on the road.
And once when I found
earthstars growing under pines

almost sliced one open
but stopped.
The Mayans keyed their lives to the motion of Venus

but timing is human not Hegelian.
A revolutionary never waits
for cities to arrive

at appropriate orthodox Marxist conditions
to act.
A man used a chain saw

to cut yellow cedar,
but when he finished
discovered a minus tide had beached his skiff.

I’ve lived 12,680 days
and dreamed gold plankton flashing in my hands.
It flashes now

as I watch
red dragonflies vanish over water.
A blue tarantula crossed Highway 285.