Mulched Metaphors

The best place to hunt brown bears
Is where there’s lots of brown bears.
The best place to hunt language
Is where the woods teem with words.

If you stare at memory,
Whatever’s in front of you,
All well and good to assert
All things are intelligent,

That the world, the universe
Is sentient, but then how
Does that help you deal with waste,
Survive, take out the garbage?

Just dig into the midden,
Be a ragpicker, hunter
Of worth in the discarded.
Claim your trophies that aren’t smart.