split the sapling
and pass
the child through
the axe-twinned
green wood's
axis arching back
twice to embrace
the absent
center escapes
these circles end
in leaf
weight on loam
half-formed shapes
complete
our dark geometry
underground
•
bury
in sapwood's
gash a stone
and bind
whole
the sapling's wound
by twine
by time
a circle completes
a year
a ring
commits memory
then light
casts verdure
in shadow on
the wall
(in Peaches and Bats 1)
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