Word Of The Tree
The merchants came
with the sudden breath of dawn,
hauling the stench of oils
and the bawl of chainsaw engines,
and the limbs of the tree
fell in heavy pieces
onto the red and stoney ground.
In the sigh of its burning,
the tree renders
a dry and gentle song.
The trash man weeps.
At the smoke of ...
The merchants came
with the sudden breath of dawn,
hauling the stench of oils
and the bawl of chainsaw engines,
and the limbs of the tree
fell in heavy pieces
onto the red and stoney ground.
In the sigh of its burning,
the tree renders
a dry and gentle song.
The trash man weeps.
At the smoke of ...