of the last large limb
with inappropriate satisfaction
what had I made of him
a tree where a shrub had been
an evolving metaphor and theme
for what I hoped
my own slow growth might seem
pruned each fall anew
of summer’s lovely dream
his zigzag trunk like antlers
lifting the last four directions
heading out for all of them at once
lonely pioneer of silence
making his escape from time and space
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