when I die, I will
go to live in a tree
overlooking my home
river. salmon do this.
bear and eagle bring
them to nourish and
become tree. I don't
know who will bring me,
but in time I too will
get back to my fish
and tree genes
*Salmon feed the trees (spruce, fir, hemlock and cedar) in the coastal forests of the Pacific Northwest. 80% of the nitrogen uptake (nitrogen isotope 15) is salmon based.
