In the jungle...

To survive off the land

One must always think clearly
Always keep moving
Stop only whenever one feels an exceptionally sized rock in their boot
"Oh, 'live off the land', I can do that. Especially if I beg for change and eat out of dumpsters..."
No!
Optimistic thinking always leads to failure
One must always be questioning oneself

To survive
One must carry all food that one finds
For example:
One finds beets
"I don't like beets," one thinks.
Too bad
One must carry beets
And
One must eventually 
Eat 
Beets

There are no excuses upon survival
If one is tired one must push on
There is no space for lolligagging
That seat is always taken on the metaphorical survival bus
If a lake has a bed of grass next to it covered by the shade of an apple tree
One must take all apples
And continue

This isn't a dream
Survival contains no mermaids
There are no upside down hypercolor versions of our inner-selves
Which brings us to our next rule
No mushrooms
No psychedelic enhancements of any kind
One must have respect for ones reputation
Which should remain anonymous
To survive one must always stay alone
One must never become a two
Or a three
Or
Heaven forbid
A four

One must have dance breaks
One must always take dance breaks
There are three rules on dance breaks:
Rule #1 - There will be dance breaks
Rule #2 - Some dance breaks will be longer then others
Rule #3 - There are no exceptions to rules one and two

Survival is no game

One must never ask for directions

One must climb to the top of a jungle gym 

And look upon the world

One must take no prisoners
One must see all colors
One must
Survive

Photo by Sadie Myers. Words by Dustin Whitehead.