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9th Lesson
Dedicated to Terry James Booker
A dragon’s roar can
be heard centuries after
his flame fizzled out.
8th Lesson
What is tragedy
to you, is prosperity
to lodgepole pine.
7th Lesson
Eucalyptus seeds
require fire to grow
do not blow them out.
6th Lesson
Do not judge a rose
against a sequoia’s height
or ivy’s green climb
5th Lesson
Continue to reach
upwards, outwards, beyond you
past sapling soil
Fourth Lesson
If you cannot grow
through it, take your time and grow
around it, spread out.
Third Lesson
Fauna hide their young
underneath their tangled corpses
weed and watch them bloom
Second Lesson
Over watered roots
are subject to fungal rot
sprinkle with caution
First Lesson
A faded flower
does not signal the plants death
just retirement