Beetles and microbes are all the company
that we shall have for our animal decomposition.

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Fallen, rotting logs transform,

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populated and adorned with lichens,

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endlessly varied in shape and color

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and texture, from delicate lacework

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to the hard shelves that jut off trees.

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The trees reveal more undressed’
as they shall stay for several weeks more,
the mountains and the sky.

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And the line of little badges

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that demark our new neighbor.