blue light in forest

the rumbling creek
assumes night's stage 

cricket stridulation drowns out
ravished moans 

skunk emissions
steal the nose 
           block the breath 

stars appear to wiggle 
in the dancing spaces 
of a windy canopy 

gazing at tree-star patterns;
interrupted by moth
   fly, bat, mantis 

a wave of chills, skin bumps
  as a branch cracks 
uphill 

behind 
primrose   and sumac