PAUL BUNYAN, INC.
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José Hernando Chaves
José Hernando Chaves has recently published or has work forthcoming in The Atlanta Review, Highbeams, The Alsop Review, Recursive Angel and Helicoptero. By José Hernando Chaves
Published on 04/2/2000
We lumbered beneath
the slow grind of his boot,
like common logs,
surrendering ourselves
to the odor of winter;
We lumbered beneath
the slow grind of his boot,
like common logs,
surrendering ourselves
to the odor of winter;
damp pubis of wool socks,
blisters like slabs of bacon.
While the forest became,
an industrial boot print
filled with acid rain,
rivers of glacial piss,
a blue ox turd
hardened into a mountain
we'd never climb.
Copyright © José Hernando Chaves, 2000. All Rights Reserved.
We lumbered beneath
the slow grind of his boot,
like common logs,
surrendering ourselves
to the odor of winter;
We lumbered beneath
the slow grind of his boot,
like common logs,
surrendering ourselves
to the odor of winter;
damp pubis of wool socks,
blisters like slabs of bacon.
While the forest became,
an industrial boot print
filled with acid rain,
rivers of glacial piss,
a blue ox turd
hardened into a mountain
we'd never climb.
Copyright © José Hernando Chaves, 2000. All Rights Reserved.