The Deepening Mirror of Uncertainty by Bill Wolak

Tuber

Then the wind swept
the pebbles into a vortex
along their way. And the
base of the root – like a gingivitic
molar – was an exposed nerve.
If human hands could reach it, why,
it would find itself ground down
into a fine powder for tea.

Then the rodent dug
with its tiny shovels
for hands
and the root, in its
green nakedness,
with its Einstein hairs
all wiry and electric,
embraced its inner tuber
and began to taste
the wisdom
underground.

About the author:

Jake Onyett is a U.S. Navy veteran who was born in Canada, raised in the United States, and lives in Italy. He is a graduate of Niagara University, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Bologna. His poetry appears/will appear in Chiron Review, Ink in Thirds, MacQueen’s Quinterly, Two Thirds North, and elsewhere.

In the artist’s words:

Bill Wolak has just published his eighteenth book of poetry entitled All the Wind’s Unfinished Kisses with Ekstasis Editions. His collages have appeared as cover art for such magazines as Phoebe, Harbinger Asylum, Baldhip Magazine, and Barfly Poetry Magazine.