Indeed. And the planet won't miss us when we do kill ourselves off.

llow need no human s…h other and forever dependent. Mythology had no choice but to haunt the woods with such resilience. Centuries pass and fantastical names of nymphs and fairies fade, only to carry on through themselves, since the babbling stream and weeping willow need no human signifier to tell them to persist. Essence remains. Saplings will continue to tell secrets of the acorn, while spiders weave on, darin…
Through the Woods Darkly: Poetics of Trees
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Hayden Moore
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Apr 16, 2022
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Indeed. And the planet won't miss us when we do kill ourselves off.
Lovely piece.
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Written by Susan Alison
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Paints pictures & writes stories for a living. Dogs appear in the art, & the humour — a lot! (Dogs have much to say about life.) Can be found at SusanAlison.com
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