Antlers sprout Blood circulates Lungs gently fill with sub-alpine fir and grey alder air Exhale merges with wind Winds through lodge-pole pine forests To human cities starving for a caribou bath Patient Ogilvie mountains watch Caribou drinks from Porcupine River Soft lines of energy travel Yukon bows to accept tributary gift Journey of fast ice Splashes into Bering Sea Greets Pacific halibut King and opilio crab pots sink Catch, honor, feast Caribou branches spread Feel their way Into the fascia of the earth Vibrating in our web of voices
Caribou Branches 