Contextual Relations

are legally recognized, sanctioned

respects of two divergent dirt trails.

When used in this reasonable season,

or in any other natural preserve,

the oldest “old” shall be held to mean

civil women respecting their relative

marital histories. All former familial

dominances shall be construed

consistently within these task-intensive

kingdoms, specifically for all those

working throughout difficult themes —

whether living on or off the land,

mixing practices during emergencies —

or dealing with any other hardest-won

dimensions of domestication. Further, no poet

shall marry his or her hard times.

. . . . .

Poet: Susan Powers Bourne
Sources: Vermont Statutes,
Impromptu: Collier Nogues
Process: Erasure, mix and add