Three Slender Trees
Only f’r 8 minutes
jets
are pink
shine
+ salmon-color
silver jets
pink
more th’pale-ing
more th’dark’ning
sky
sun less now less yellow
humming bird bottle clatter the
clouds
thin’nd fast
gone
th’jets
gray, again
silver, now
sun
out’v sight
only light
the sky is still
cluttered w/’t
Three slender trees
mull
a line
leave small
but gathered
sunlight
green’nd white
leaves
but
the three trees’ve
grown dark
me
what we’ve done
t’hasten change
this planet
may snuff us out
but
this planet will remain.
+ w/ its memory.
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