Dan Raphael
“A tree is not a woman”
mark sargent
a tree is not a woman
a woman is not a car
a car is not breakfast but can bring some
breakfast can happen anytime, anywhere
clocks never stop, the gps always has a number
even if it’s just pulling it out of the oosphere
no numbers or letters in the sky, no shopping there
no need for cash or card
you can make so many things with what the sky holds
like this drawer i haven’t opened for months
i pull a fresh t-shirt over my head
and all i can see is sky
those aren’t clouds they’re trees
not wind but unfocussed intention
some places there’s just one tree, too small to see
most people’s cars are their feet, with pockets instead of a trunk
after emptying all my pockets i need to refill them
some days i’m incapable of being naked
i get so still a tree tries to climb me
clouds want to release all the sky stuck inside me
why not a census of trees
why not police drones tracking squirrels
hug enough trees you’ll grow bark inside your clothes
this patch of soil has such perfect exposure and drainage