the albany sand prairie and oak savanna has an unplowed sand prairie, accompanying oak barrens and oak opening, a dry-mesic prairie, and an oak wood along the sugar river.

a very pleasant walk. first id’s of grass pink, hedge parsley, and american germander. also a species of primrose i haven’t seen before.

a.

a monarch’s proboscis

curls into bergamot:

blossom and insect

b.

life finite

and inexhaustible

in the oak savanna

c.

the air is heavy with water

flowers and frogs thick

on the sand prairie ground