I just stand and interact with the trees
who just stand and absorb
and emit silently forever till they die
One stands as interaction
perceived and unperceived
Nothing dies like a tree
Nothing lives like a human
interacting noisily
so as to die like a tree
This interaction now
is the one to focus on
as what you are now
(as you are now),
for when you aren't—
or at least dissipated, emanated
as everything, one thing, and some things
human being, tree
Started while residing on Richard St. in Rochester NY; possibly 2002 (age 34, 35, or 36) but it could be much later or a little earlier.
Once again the underline button is lost to me, so “are” in the fourth line of the final stanza is bolded instead of underlined. Well actually in Chrome browser it’s barely discernible as being bolded in the post (though in edit mode it clearly is bolded). In Safari browser it is clearly bolded in the post. Something got messed up and now I’m sort of forced to edit in Chrome or perhaps some other browser outside of Safari. Which is shame because I prefer Safari.
I really like this poem.
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