From the Stem | Daniel J Flosi
Charles Darwin hypothesized that language emerged from a song-like proto language.
look! down the misty hillside
our ancestors
work the soil
while soughing trees
prattle on about their mysteries
seed laden grasses
rustle in the breeze
twin streams of birdsong ripple
rows of wheat
teasing apart the meaning
from the music
all the while our thoughts pull
pull the precious memory
from the stem
About the Author:
Daniel J Flosi is an apparition living in a half-acre coffin in the township of Rock Island, IL within the V between the Mississippi and Rock Rivers. Their work has appeared or is forthcoming in Prometheus Dreaming, eris & eros, and Wild Roof Journal. Drop a line at https://entertainedamerican.com/