HER

I was thinking about her…and her…and her…and her…then her and her again.

Then her…and him…and them…and us…and all of us.

The ancestors.

OUR ancestors.

In the trees. In the earth. On the earth.

Above the earth.

And it was there…

in the sky and in the air and in the stars.

Who are you? I asked.

and it lit up…and was gone.

Just like them.

To bring ye termes

Take a quart of renish wine + boyle in it pennyroyal, germander, mugwort, each a handful and pennyworth of saffron, boyle all these well together till it taste well of it and drink every morning and night a good draught of it, and it will help you.

- English medical recipe book, 17th c.