𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐢 (𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧) 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐨 𝐎𝐧𝐨 “𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯; 𝘮𝘢𝘱𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘢𝘳𝘬, 𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘣𝘴, 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘪𝘳𝘥𝘴. 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦, 𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘱𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳. 𝘖𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳; 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳.” - Marc Nair, ‘Vital Posessions’ from ethosbooks 𝘝𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 by marcmair contemplates how city-dwellers negotiate their uneasy relationship with nature in a world where growth is both man-made and natural. The jungle is always one trim away from over-running us and we are often oblivious to it. The poems question what we hold as vital amid ceaseless consumption and our urban existence. 🌳🏙️ G...