one fine day

Baume & Brix for Maple Syrup

acidification

calcium rich
vapours rising from
fishers and vents
through tectonic plates
into the acid sea and
dissolving reefs
which will in turn
become the sediments 
that record
the prosthetic period-- 
just prior to human 
extinction

The upper limbs of 

the grand old Red Elm that was-

a consequence of last year's drought 

fed the fires of this maple-sugar time.

It must be the fragrant mist 

that makes us persist

calcium

in and out of solution
out of the escarpment 
into the ground water
into the roots of maples
into the rising sap
out of the tree
and into the 
evaporator
fired by maple
to condense
into wool and 
cellulose filters
to be washed
down the drain
to start the cycle again

in praise of maples

I found my self waltzing 
by the wood stove
turning to enjoy 
the radiant genius
of trees

will there be snow tomorrow?

the moon rose full in the twilight

with two pans rollin' thanks to the 

limbs of the grand old red elm 

that died of thirst

last summer

another record of today  

in the taste of the 

maple syrup
tomorrow