BOTANICAL BENEFITS OF SLASH AND BURN

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ASHES FEED THE ROOTS BELOW
BLACK EARTH BREATHES WHERE THE OLD FIRE GLOWS
THE FOREST DIES WITH A CRACKING HYMN
THEN GREEN THINGS CRAWL FROM THE CHARRED SKIN

SMOKE ASCENDING TO A RAVEN SKY
SEEDS AWAKEN WHERE THE GIANTS LIE
POTASH, PHOSPHORUS, CALCIUM RAIN
LIFE RETURNS THROUGH THE SCORCHED DOMAIN

BURN THE THICKET, FREE THE LIGHT
FERNS AND BERRIES CLAIM THE NIGHT
FIRE OPENS THE CONE OF PINE
RELEASING FUTURES SEALED BY TIME

THE SOIL GROWS DARK WITH CARBON BONES
MUSHROOM KINGDOMS CLAIM THE STONES
ALDER RISES, FIXING BREATH
NITROGEN STOLEN BACK FROM DEATH

THE OLD ONES KNEW THE PATTERN WELL
THE PRAIRIES BLOOMED WHERE EMBERS FELL
NO MACHINE, NO STEEL JAW MINE
ONLY TORCHES DRAWING LIVING LINES

BUT FOOLS MAKE DESERTS OF THE FLAME
CLEAR THE WORLD FOR PROFIT’S NAME
TRUE FIRE WALKS WITH WEATHER AND RAIN
AND KNOWS WHEN NOT TO BURN AGAIN

SO SING THE PINES IN CINDERY CHOIRS
THE BLACKENED HILLSIDE NEVER TIRES
FOR DEATH IS ONLY WINTER’S DOOR
AND ASH FEEDS ROOTS FOREVERMORE