Human Ear

The human animal in its pride.
If a tree falls when
None is by to hear,
Does it make a sound.

More acute creatures than thee,
In thousands throng
Communed to a trees
Glorious life.

Your insolent ear
Fresh grown,
Stands by,
Irrelevant.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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August 10, 2019 at 6:25 PM
Robert, this is poignant and deep. I suspect you have a hundred poems at home. Please keep posting. Welcome to Soup!
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