I regard trees as show offs---
Look at them
Sometimes they make soft rustling noises
Just to grab our attention early in the morning
Or in the deep dark nights or
Take the times they entertain us
In bright red, orange, or yellow leaves
Waving at us back and forth
Trying to take our eyes off what we were doing or
How about when all their leaves fall off in
Cold winter months, what happens?
They are winter-snow covered and
Provide shapes and forms as they
Stand or slouch or lean against each other.
There is a starkness to them, they even imitate
Branch-Skeletons.
The forests and parks, huddles of trees
Not standing idly by,
But alive and busy at life
performing
In varieties of ways.
Yes, those elms, oaks, birches, and all the rest of the gang
Show offs every one of them!
Richard W Smith
December 7, 2010
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