Backpacking in Yellowstone

Hoped-for submersion
auspicious inversion
civilizing subversion
total immersion

The Merger

Speak not of boardrooms
of quick-voiced chaos
and closed-in spaces
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rather, into quiet ease –
the lullaby of birdsong
wind’s dance with the trees
refrain of rivers rushing free –
wildness’ summons heed

Yes, this is the Tetons, but considered part of the “Greater Yellowstone” ecosystem.
Sandhill crane calls begin at 3:43.
(Bluebee, I didn’t make an audio tape, so you could hear it.)