The Wonderful Giant Oak

The giant oak sprawled into the sky In pure wonderfulness her phalanges reaching wider and farther than other oaks in the forest Squirrels leapt from her twiggy limbs, Barely making it sometimes, and chattering with glee as they perpetually caught themselves Robins, cardinals, wrens, sparrows and blue jay took the lower apartments. Acorns readily fell as they knocked to borrow each other’s stories Her underground root system sturdy and mighty Like a giant octopus pushing past the Kansas clay It was tentacles all along