To Dawn, with love
in lesser darkness, in greater darkness, in brighter light that follows
ever by my side
ever holding my hand
Now consider the man. He does not overhunt. He does not overeat. Man is one with great nature. The oaf can learn much from the man. His sun rises in gold but sets in blood. His fire burns the world.
Many thanks to my readers Ellen Milmed, Tiina Lombard, Edward Glenn, Jason Murray, William Durnell, and Kevin Eady, to my editor Ibrahim Ahmad, to my publisher Johnny Temple, to my agent Eleanor Jackson, and to the Earth Ethics Institute at Miami Dade College, whose class in the swamps inspired this book.
Much props, all.