"When the bison wallows,
it is not just that the dust rises up.
They compact the soil, leave behind hair and oil from their hides.
Eventually this makes a deep impression
that fills with water when the rains come."
From The Bison Way of Making Things Right, Juliana Spahr, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent
it is not just that the dust rises up.
They compact the soil, leave behind hair and oil from their hides.
Eventually this makes a deep impression
that fills with water when the rains come."
From The Bison Way of Making Things Right, Juliana Spahr, in Creature Needs: Writers Respond to the Science of Animal Conservation, eds. Christopher Kondrich, Lucy Spelman, Susan Tacent
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