i.
core an apple but quarry the earth
etymologically straining for the coeur
how surgically we hew away
what we will not eat in transplant
ii.
like a thrown stone
miles of freight cars dip and rise
on the gold grass sea
iii.
a self is a love for the organism
what one keeps and sees and nurtures
as a society is love for a place
and a thought a way of loving a body
jumping rivers to wave from the other bank
but the head
is a zoo for thought