Caveat: Poem #1005 “A sonnet about trees”

a tree entails a gentle growing
a tree elides the sky above
a tree betokens time's dull flowing
a tree rejects the earth's cold love

a tree observes the moon's redundant
a tree points out the sun's abundant
a tree explores the air's canals
a tree will fail to show morale

a tree creates its own committees
a tree can drink the dreams of clouds
a tree provides the beasts their shrouds
a tree dislikes the teeming cities

a tree neglects its own biology
a tree reviews epistemology

– a sonnet in iambic pentameter.

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