27/11/2020
F a l l e n T h i n g III
A D R E A M
I am riding on a double-decker bus.
I see out of the window what I recognise as the
O L D E S T living tree in Finland.
It's an enormous old birch tree.
Shed bark is leaning up around it, like shells.
A wooden structure surrounds it to protect it like a shrine.
I wanted to be up close with this being.
The pull to get off the bus and dump my luggage is like an ocean current.
I go to the tree.
Later in the dream Biden steps down from his elected presidency
to make way for Kamala Harris to step in to be the next president of the USA.
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Today I'm pulled to visit the old-growth tree on the way to the construction site, but I stumble across the old oak tree that - to my surprise - had now fallen.
It had been leaning all summer and it was time to finally let go all together in the autumn.
Time to fall.
Standing opposite, I notice a tree I had never seen before until now. Funny what you miss in your "backyard",
Aino Ackten park.
A tree with a huge opening in its trunk.
A womb tree.