"Use your words,"
a parent instructs
the young child
decoding magic
to understand
her needs and feelings
yet inadequate
to translate
nature's stunning motifs
that said...live oaks
beckoning up and down
with out-stretched, moss-draped arms
elaborate structures
rooted wide and deep
with ever-reaching limbs
ghostly gray presences
drenched in haunted history
indifferent to humankind's sins.
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