i want to tell the tree that in a couple of days men will come and cut them down this is not for anything the tree has done but as a precaution though they are too far to endanger the house they are girdled and too close to siblings too likely to take one of them down when next the wind changes direction i want to ask their permission but how can those words be said sincerely when the saws will run with or without it instead i apologize and promise to use every part to reclaim the sunshine he has stored
Tag: wood
something to do with your hands (20220424)
the wood
is not a metaphor for anything
turn it over and check to see
is it straight knotted twisted cupped
the wood is not a metaphor
for anything
it's a building material
staple a red flag
to the longer boards
that poke out of the truck bed
over the tail gate
like a dog peeking
over the edge
at a stop light
the flag is not a metaphor
but is is lost at some point
during the short drive home
/consider going back to find it
since it's plastic
and probably crap for the environment
but swallow the guilt instead/
the wood will be used to build
a bench
the bench is a metaphor
or a simile
or a bench
wooden music (20160904)
words gripping mallets
my rib cage a xylophone
you make my bones sing