—Camp Friedenswald
Cassopolis, Michigan, 2025
The grassy labyrinth—
my sole mantra is no ticks.
I find only one.
The cottonwood’s trunk:
a thousand little canyons,
none of them on fire.
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Camp Haiku
—Camp Friedenswald
Cassopolis, Michigan, 2025
The grassy labyrinth—
my sole mantra is no ticks.
I find only one.
The cottonwood’s trunk:
a thousand little canyons,
none of them on fire.
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