Of Invitations

at times
one must decline the most honorable
and accept the most radical
Of Invitations;
and here/now i present these examples:

.still
among stately towering family
(notquite oldgrowth)
–cousins, at least, if not siblings–
whose welcome/smile was
sincere
of course(emphatically confirmed by beetles/walkingkisses)
but to stay
would be to
face tall expectations,
like marrying into the Amish.

then,

.still
before fluttering alluring depth
and lovely drifting woodbodies,
oh!greentree/mountain/sunshine peak-surrounded;
that laughing clarity-blue
cannot,
Must Not
be refused
(to gaze is to commit)/and worth every shiver.

delighted

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