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  • When I Am Among the Trees (not after the poem by Mary Oliver)

    When I Am Among the Trees (not after the poem by Mary Oliver)

    When I roam the real forestgrumpy apple trees spit their spoiled rotten children on my shoulders knowing I will collect them and mash their cores into cider.Their leaves refuse to form shadows nor shade me, letting the sun scorch my monk’s crown deep cardinal red.The weeping willows shed snickers not tears.The oaks refuse their goodness…