Freeman Ranch is a 3,500-acre (1,400 ha) plot of land between San Marcos and Wimberley, Texas. It was founded in 1941 by weekend ranchers Harold M. “Harry” Freeman and his brother Joe.[1] Freeman Ranch houses 50 varying dead decaying bodies. These bodies are used to study the effects of the stages of body decomposition on the effect on the soil. [2]
In Memory of Alice Alsup, 1990-2014
Her heart was paired with
a strained will, itself itself,
looking for bits of water.
Her heart rang blooms
from witted country dust.
Born, Texas, from scoria
of course, no more
than flower-trash found
wilting in the void.
Totaled in absolution.
Those deep roots alone
might stand all lonesome,
swimmingly, across
some plank-skied wharf
that has never sought
anything but daydreams,
pressed bulbs, full of sea.
Dry it rams in streamings
through Texas, now brined
and sickened, flank of water.
–It is mimed –You, mine.
Robert Hass
scraps of my poetry and images. for my friend Hunter Deely.
Little Bristling Soul 