fiddlehead I approach you gently
limber to erase my tracks
revise my introduction shuttlecock
make my edges feather ostrich kin
imagine my feet rhizomatic
brown prickly mounds home base
sandy soil happy
foreground limbic
spore prehistories
remember spring fronds
newborn woodshade green
touches yellow matures bold
trace your shadow
delicate curves reach
dentured teeth line your stems
vascular structures
humid inhale mossy
exhale
spines unfurl
nautilus wise
don’t worry
I’m not hunting
fiddlehead recipes
no harvest in your future
nor the mishap clip sorry
with the lawnmower
you alchemize climate change rain
into “never before” heights
crown the undergrowth and queen
resilient dinosaur royal foliage
late summer brush bare thighs
fan the warming air
museum of dew
each dawn your vibrating arms
we quiver