Our Mycorrhizal Ground of Being

Culture, the second fungus,
Second kingdom of the grey,
These hyphae threading the dark

Under skulls, these spores
Shed into the air, secrets,
Open, invasive secrets,

Spoken networks, symbolic
Beings that defy themselves
To define whether they are

One or legion, contagions,
Parasites, mere byproducts,
Or fully alive: profound

Culture senses forests need
Culture to conquer the ground.