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[ NaPo 2019 ] Arborescence
Trees as much as people, we earthbound
creatures cannot survive beneath another's
branches without benefit of sun, nor root
soil so closely for nourishment. She's true
beauty to marvel over if there ever was one,
atop a marble pedestal I've placed her upon.
To rest too long under her leavage, admiring
her spirited form from breast to bone, is not
an option. For she is both tree and pedestal;
a pillar of community who bears the canopy
of our unity with trained shoulders at times
strained when my limbs become weak and
timber is ungrounded. Though these desires
be interlaced with woven design, let this
togetherness be spaced; yours being yours,
mine being mine.
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