Great Regulars: What or who is in the forest?

What's being left at whose ear? Who's coming to get something? Who's trying to get in? "Meanwhile . . ."--what's happening? Who's Peter (substitute any name) and where is he? Ready for what? Who's asking to be disintegrated, and by whom? Recovering from what? Walking where in the yellow boots?

from The Guardian: Poetry Workshop: Matthew Sweeney's poetry workshop

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