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pear
shaped leaves
in
a single group
5
to 7 in a bunch
the
bark of the tree
resembles
the maple
except
the color
reminds
you of
a
cigarette freshly
put
out
we
examine
your
sturdy stance
and
the seed bunches
held
in a cluster
as
if you are about
to
reward the world
with
a gift
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Fraxinus
the
family name
of
a sweet
flower
whose
olive
relative
have
filled
our
guts
much
as the
lilacs
have
nourished
our
souls
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young
tree bark
black
smooth and
lean
as
if the wrinkles
and
defined ridges
of
life have not
yet
formed
the
long journey
of
250 years
it is longer than the life
of
the country
i live in
probably
wiser too
they
say you
come from Europe
did
they bring you
over
on
the ships too?
or
are you a real Pennsylvanian
or
a native North American
good
for
hammer
handles
furniture
baseball
bats
arrows
and bows
perhaps
the stocks of rifles
useful
and beloved
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i
remember you
from my youth
the
seed pods
that were so familiar
the
seeds in the
middle
of
two
attached
propellers
when
it fell from
the
tree
it helicoptered
spun
its way down
until
it safely
landed
upon
the ground
6/28/2021
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