Kissing Alma Mater
Wilderness is that capacity of all things to elude the mind’s appropriations.
D. McKay

That’s some cool shit, eh? Not unlike

the sunny revelations of an afternoon’s worth
of good reefer, a mouthful

of whispy words and a Kilimanjaro look
in an eye, it has

just enough gravity to keep itself on the page and physic its
way into the way
you see the world. Man

that stuff blows my mind.

But here’s where we part ways, my scholar
and mentor and
closer friend than you know. You’ve
carried me a long
time, but I’ve seen enough of the landscape
from the back of your
metaphoric
pick up. So, I’m hitting the blacktop, thanks

for the lift Don, I hope
the birds keep you well and the Leafs
win the cup.