Over and over that tree shoot
ascends between the boards
of my porch, and over and over
I say “no” in a very cutting way.
I don’t know which one of us
will have the final say,
but I sense that tree shoot
has some inside knowledge
from an undisclosed source.
JDG
aholdingplace 
Ah, the wisdom of trees.
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Persistence…
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