Where It Comes From
︎︎︎ Trout Fish
︎ Feb 21, 2026
Around midnight
Some autumn day,
In the dream of
A bare maple branch,
Small civilization builds
Up on the banks
Of a Blue and Gold River
Tiny Men with mallets
Beat spare earth into shape,
Sloping the Talus
Towards the Heart of Heaven
Soon after
Ages and eons,
Annihilations and Revivals,
A perfect family is left
Laughing Over beautiful ruins
—The youngest son steps away from the fire,
He reaches into his pocket, pulls out an acorn,
And plants it next to a shattered plinth
Some autumn day,
In the dream of
A bare maple branch,
Small civilization builds
Up on the banks
Of a Blue and Gold River
Tiny Men with mallets
Beat spare earth into shape,
Sloping the Talus
Towards the Heart of Heaven
Soon after
Ages and eons,
Annihilations and Revivals,
A perfect family is left
Laughing Over beautiful ruins
—The youngest son steps away from the fire,
He reaches into his pocket, pulls out an acorn,
And plants it next to a shattered plinth
Trout Fish is an expert marine bull jockey.