IX
And God gave them his blessing and said to them,
Be fertile and have increse, and make the earth full and be masters of it;
be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air
and over every living thing movin on the earth.[1]
The grass field streches all the way to the shore
like a bedspread
now it grows flowers and hay
we have the annual discussion:
should we mow the lawn or not
should we mow the lawn or not
whose turn is it now
well, I’ll do it then
as we have even badminton rackets and net there
bought for children
For us, it’s about the lawn
and creating a meadow
but if we gave the bumblebees,
large whites and small tortoiseshells,
meadow buttercups and Galium Verums
personal pronouns
and would look them instead of those in the eye
– as I now look you –
if we’d give
would we understand
for us it’s about the lawn
but for them
about something a lot bigger
should we mow or not
should we mow or not
Blackbird’s nest in the woodshed
wasps in the cabin’s pentice
Control of flying insects:
the product is sprayed for 8-10 seconds
the aerosol is kept at least 80-90 cm
away from walls and delicate surfaces
as I enter
the borderline of the intruder blurs
And from the earth the Lord God made every beast of the field
and every bird of the air, and took them to the man to see
what names he would give them:
and whatever name he gave to any living thing,
that was its name.[2]
The grass field stretches all the way to the shore
like a bedspread
now it grows flowers and hay
I'm learning their names from a book
I’m relieved
we didn’t succeed
they are still here
should we mow or not
well I’ll do it then
badminton rackets and net
In the afternoon
when it rains
I see in the yard
two white-tailed deer
I’m relieved
we didn’t succeed
they are still here
The white-tailed deer was imported from North-America to Finland about a hundred years ago.
The official name of the species is Odocoileus Virginianus.
In the afternoon
The situation in South-West Finland is difficult.
when it rains
One must drive extra carefully, especially when it’s dark.
I see in the yard
Driving from the city one sees warning signs here and there
the deers manage to pass the car almost every time
but not always.
two white-tailed deers
There are no carnivores here inherently,
I’m relieved
who would kill deers,
we didn’t succeed
who spread siberian ticks and castor bean ticks,
they are still here
who spread borreliosis
they are still here
and tick-borne encephalitis.
There are no carnivores here inherently. There’s only human.
[1] Moses 1:28
[2] Moses 2:19