RAVEN MACK is a mystic poet-philosopher-artist of the Greater Appalachian unorthodox tradition. He does have an amazing PATREON, but also *normal* ARTIST WEBSITE too.

Tuesday, January 20

TOP TEN WISPS OF OAK INTO THE MORNING AIR

#1: woodsmoke creosote/thicken-chokes inside chimney/built by dead people
#2: cold mornings leaving/my house shitty truck warms slow/home chimney breathes smoke
#3: our way of living/is hard to insure requires/extra paperwork
#4: play with fire get burned/yet live without fire lose force/lose raw connection
#5: caveman molecules/require recalibration/by regular fire
#6: advancing beyond/necessity of fire does/not feel like progress
#7: black scuffs on both hands/from scraping creosote with/wire brush yesterday
#8: black scars on human/heart from surviving dark past/fire for light and warmth
#9: fire gave folks comfort/staked shelter to home’s heart (hearth)/why we woodstove still
#10: life without fire ain’t/living - warming bones burning/bridges lighting dark

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