@Chamomile 21 August 2020 more from that month

Totoro

Caramel bars soothe throat. On gradients, tunnels, splendid grass Tapered bridges and bumpy gravel roads Heaving under spider webs Wandering cavernous into the woods Terrific tunnel of trees A haunted house---dust bunnies’ refuge Pitch black from bow of rain when eyes dim With dribs of acorn like squirrel’s nutriment Shadows burying nuts in the alleyway When minute sprouts breed, whispered a clandestine Passport to the forest unfastens a mystic ingress Enchanted camphor tree Giant *Totoro* in a bus stop with a leaf umbrella Poured a present swathed in bamboo leaves with dragon whiskers Bursting of magic nuts and seeds **Frolicking an ocarina on moonlit nights** **A delightful escapade begins.**