lessons_from_tree_felling
tender_square
begin
at
the
bottom
and
saw
your
way
through
a
hundred
arms
that
can
’t
embrace
you
.
hoist
your
bag
of
bones
up
a
trunk
that
’s
lived
longer
than
you
can
fathom.
keep
climbing
.
keep
cutting
until
all
that
remains
is
a
steeple yielding
to
your
weight
.
then
pray
.
pray
that
the
crosscut
of
electric
teeth
won
’t
chew
through
your
rotted
core
and
spit
sap.
shimmy
down
to
ground
, executioner,
and
meet
the
mass
of
heads
you've
left
behind
.
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what's it to you?
who
go
blather
from