August 5, 2004

A prairie walk.

Take a walk through the prairie today in Wisconsin. The grass is seven feet high. I think about the settlers years ago who had to make their way through the sea of grass, as I walk on a path cut in the UW Arboretum.

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Some of the flowers are nine feet tall:

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Through the flowers, you can see the morning moon:

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Thistles:

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Trees, beautifully aged:

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And beautifully dead:

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