02-16-2022, 01:41 AM
Tree-Man
Bark, limbs, a perfect
simplicity,
dark blue-
green foliage.
Hard rooted,
snow along edges of things.
Sign of stability, long etched.
Love makes a dead dog of men,
a bone growing from earth
stiff and alive.
Never moving, wind makes
no sound.
Squirrels see no meaning
and dogs leave no urine.
A nude scarecrow of wood,
a heart pulses under the bark.
Rooted in feeling, simple and
unmoving.
The ground where it was sowed
gives brainless meaning
and on that it stands.
Its own common.
Something to hold.
Bark, limbs, a perfect
simplicity,
dark blue-
green foliage.
Hard rooted,
snow along edges of things.
Sign of stability, long etched.
Love makes a dead dog of men,
a bone growing from earth
stiff and alive.
Never moving, wind makes
no sound.
Squirrels see no meaning
and dogs leave no urine.
A nude scarecrow of wood,
a heart pulses under the bark.
Rooted in feeling, simple and
unmoving.
The ground where it was sowed
gives brainless meaning
and on that it stands.
Its own common.
Something to hold.