We love to go out into the woods
To get away, or so we say, from the world
And experience the virgin earth
As our ancestors did in their days of dearth.
We want the natural, and yet, we choose to rent
Space in a city of tents, spend a few days
In the forest sleeping alongside as many
Other people as will fit in those empty woods.
Daniel Cooper is a husband and father of three children. He lives in Houston, Texas where he teaches political science and Italian at a local community college. In his free time, he loves reading and writes the occasional short story or poem.
