I'll Take the Tree

They say a poem can never be
As lovely as, can be, a tree.   

But what if a tree should be felled
By a dupe with a power saw, hand-held?

I wonder if it would be fair
To, this poem, that tree, compare?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2024

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Dietrich Avatar
June 3, 2024 at 10:40 AM
I like your poem, David
Crandall Avatar
June 4, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Thanks Andrea!
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