Walnut Hill
these aren’t my woods anymore / the trees I knew were cut down / and replanted by something /
domesticated / malleable / for the paper factory / down the way / the wild tangle / of snarling
underbrush / tilted saplings strong enough / to survive hurricane season / creeks rising from the
rocks / then sinking into the marsh / sloppy roots crisscrossing over / exposed limestone / in the
soil / all churned up / for orderly lines / someone ran a comb / through your wet hair / taming it /
between blades of plastic / whatever / is most efficient
Soon Jones is a Korean lesbian writer and poet originating from the rural countryside of the American South. Their work has been published or is upcoming in Lavender Review, Writers Resist, The Good Life Review, beestung, Moon City Review, among others. Soon Jones is currently pursuing an MFA in Poetry at Oklahoma State University. They can be found at soonjones.com.
