Lyn Hejinian, from 'Ring Burial'

"The trees rise, elm against fascism, ash against misogyny, unalienated beech, free willow, trees presenting continuous oak. [. . .] The birds fly, crows at white supremacists, sparrows at thieving corporate executives, just mallards at negligent landlords, free wrens at racist cops, pigeons contributing continuity, robins providing ribald joy.”


-- Lyn Hejinian, 'Ring Burial, 1 and 14' The Tribunal, Omnidawn, 2019, p. 63, 67.