stones raze i found one wedged into the womb of a tree ten times my height. cinereal sediment smooth to the touch. on the back, a link to a facebook page documenting others like it, with pumas and birds and dogs and messages of affirmation tattooed on their faces, and instructions to keep this gift or leave it for someone else to disinter. mine wears the indelible mask of a cultivated winter squash carved into a grinning lantern. an amulet to ward off evil spirits. 241105 what's it to you? who go blather from