mountain reduced to a hill trail engineered in rectangular stones paved roads for let’s-not-walk-ers highest branches gold-leafed in winter sun ill-conceived papering over legitimate truths the land retains original structure waits on humanity’s fall long hibernating roots quiver to rise instar & eft turkey & hawk hare skunk moose deer fox bear weasel people the archived slopes trails gutter paved roads breach mountain of glacial rock graven stone