things

a fungus in a patch of leaves. a wasp nest in tree branches. ruins overgrown with vines. the colony. the unit. the cluster. veins searching outward and stemming from a common channel. nodules. blight. disease. lichen. mold. cell growth. viral growth. burl. tumor. weakness seized. organization. organ. organic. organize. (all from Greek "organum", "an instrument or tool"). implied labor. the labor of life. the strange order of things....