We (declaration/prose)

WE

We

(the trees, bees, fleas, stones and bleached bones; the stars, fish, starfish, eagles, beagles, seagulls, virus, papyrus and platypus; the deadheads, meth-heads, skin heads, redheads, tow-heads, reds, terrorists, patriots, pigeons, rats, politicians, polygamists, pagans, brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers and those that think and look like they fell from the sky; the red rocks, white cliffs, blue sky, yellow gold, green algae, orange orange, black tar and Portland January grey; the blessed air we breathe and the clean water we need; the salmon and seals, frogs and green fields; the firelight, starlight, moonlight, sunlight and dark night; the ‘coons, baboons, loons, eternal Saharan dunes and every other thing, non-thing and unknown corporeal being that you can or can’t name…)

are
all
One.

--Eric Marley

June 2013