she heard...

...each day mankind 

and the claims of mankind 

slipped farther 
from...her...

deep 
in the forest 

a call
was sounding, 

and as often as...

she...heard 
this call, 

mysteriously thrilling 
and luring...

she...felt
compelled 
to turn...
her...back upon the fire

and the beaten earth 

around it, and to plunge

into the forest, 

and on and on...

she...knew not where 

or why; 

nor did...she...wonder 

where or why, 

the call sounding imperiously, 

deep in the forest...