Who owns this landscape? –
The millionaire who bought it or
the poacher staggering downhill in the early morning
with a deer on his back?Who possesses this landscape? –
The man who bought it or
I who am possessed by it?False questions, for
this landscape is
masterless
and intractable in any terms
that are human.
Lines from Norman MacCaig’s A Man In Assynt (accessed online at https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/man-assynt-extract/)
WHEN COMPLEX IS AS SIMPLE AS IT GETS 