Cody Hopper

Natures Industry

Your world lies.
Her open arms that offer beauty
Her nature composed of promised 
peace.Does she offer you shelter?
The sublime unbound by limits of 
mindsNo bird can sing her glory
No stream to paint her truth. 
Instead in light and dark we 
wanderJustified in our limited 
passions
Driven by those factors where trees dwell 
not.Do priests consult the dirt to 
forgiveness?
Are our trials heard amongst the weight of 
trees.When the unseen clock flicks its 
pendulum
To and fro, from life to death. 
We are taken back to the 
weeds.
In the guts and grime of the earth 
beneath.The sky is called a final resting place,
Yet the dead are placed underneath.

Cody Hopper is a student at CSUSM, when he isn’t doing improv, or flippin’ za, he can be found in the dark corners of his room, writing the next story of horror and torment that crosses his mindscape. He loves violent stories, comic books, movies, coffee, and buffalo wings– not in this order.