steam of conscience nest

books and words and stories save
my elemental drive,
my tabula rasa approach
the steamshovel
going down deeper and deeper builds
a ramp to escape
the little house survives
as banks and insurance giants surround
the tree is reduced
to a stump for the old butt to park awhile
the tugboat must
brave the waves to rescue 
his family name
all the blank paper in the world was
once a tree or similar chaff
with a spirit, 
it has elemental drive.