emergency test
every Saturday at noon
a screaming siren
my husband covers his ears
how do the trees withstand it?
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winter's sunny day
eleven waxwings flit--
a peeping cedar
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dinner date with spouse
two mediocre dishes
home welcomes us back
*
our Norway Maple
appears newly bedraggled
bald limbs and fresh wounds
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please tell me, Maple
the valentine's balloon found
hanging from your branch--
which anonymous lover
removed your bark and pierced you?
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if he is a bird
tell him you contain riches
of insects and sap
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if he is human
tell him I traded the pain he dispensed
for love
My Tiny Career
