Owl Tree

Owl tree
Dressed in American apparel 
Cross your heart
For the butterfly national anthem
They melt in the static
Like snowflakes
And stars slowly blink out
A physical embodiment of dreams
But I'm chasing cats
Clawing the owl tree
The lake here was shallow
But got deeper
Due to melting snowflakes
Given time
The owl tree will fall
Copyright © | Year Posted 2020

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February 15, 2020 at 3:37 PM
Only if we keep clawing, we’ll done Christopher...
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