Be like rolled oats,
transmutable and staid.
Be like a taxi driver,
reliable and well-paid.
Be like a moth to a flame,
perish in it, and come back a dove.
Be porous as a carcass—
let the world slip through each cell of you with love.
A horse carcass at the Moccasin Mountain Dinosaur Tracksite by Óðinn (Creative Commons)
