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8th in Slab City Contest (Sponsor: Anthony Biaanco)

Judged: April 16th, 2025

The Last Trees in Slab City

who remembers trees

when air was free from fares
    guiltless
    tankless
    unassailable

cliches of rustling leaves
enchanted forests
infanticidal practices like nestling newborns atop boughs
cordate declarations etched beneath oak bark and canary sashes 
as dead as concrete blocks

and the nearest approximation is a toy broccoli flower

wire wools welded for steel topiaries 
laud the arboreal knights
growing figments stalking the future 
with whom was shared breath and hearth
in Slab City
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