from MONOCULTURE
Sue Goyette
They will have understood how they were misrepresented
and not even considered.
They will have seen the photo of the ancient grandmother
tree, her trunk held down by chains driven down a
highway to some fuckery of a plan.
They will have gathered and agreed no action is active after
the last forests and everyone will have gardened or made
sourdough bread or a painting of the allium breaking its
sheath to blossom because that’s what really mattered.
They will have shared.
They will have understood the best action looks different
for everyone and will ask questions to learn more about that.
They will have helped those who asked for help by giving
them what they asked for. <This is an important
sentence and resembles the bottom of the ocean, full
of mystery that has not yet been properly appreciated.
They will have a listening practice that welcomes all the
species of feelings using an old wood forest as a guide.
Every rock offered a place, a creed of action.
They will have recognized joy in each other and made space
for that joy to catch. In this way, they will have a way to
remember the taste of their own.
They will have agreed that the perfect future tense is a
rehearsal or an imaginative greeting. (73)
You can find two poems from Sue Goyette in On Occasion. Watch this site for notes toward an essay and review of Goyette’s Future Howl any day now.
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