Shadow Nut Wood - Steve Coel
It begins by the shallow path that slopes unevenly down hill away from the shadow nut wood. Here, all along the broken hill, towards the distant wet rock, corrugated cylindered tunnels built to hide, imprison and shelter straight back frightened animals, lie rusting.
The air remains thick with the embrace of their death and the mud, stamped flat by heated spot, is acidic with fallen leaf and crippled motor oil, which in turn, twists open the unyielding buckle of weed.
From The Mercy Path ( 2024 ), Steve Coel
