Amanitaceae
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born in partial veils
born volvas, married off from egg, married off to 
oaks and eucalyptus to 
trade the soil for sun,
first the veil rips, the
annulus exposed, the consummation
cream color spores falling
like white rice
until the whole forest floor smells
like lysol

us who love immigrants took
the death cap from europe,
took the blushers and the 
caesars and for better or worse
their spores are on the wind
we bruise the blushers pink
and eat until we can't

last month
two women from thailand dead
one from taiwan
one from laos
culture shock, in this american
forest

in Koryak mythology,  Amanita Muscaria
Turns shamans into "soft men"
who speak to
yonic gods.
In Western mythology, Amanita Muscaria
is cut up into bowls of milk
to kill off flies

when they say they'll kill you
they really mean they're scared.
that the springtime amanita and the 
destroying angel
grow under different trees
and look the same.
what they really mean is that 
they want them all to fit into
the kitchen
in time for dinner.