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THE
SPIRIT OF THE AIR
The
Spirit of the Air has it in for the trees.
Every
three hundred years it will come to decrease
the
number of rooftops. Its
candid intrigue
is
to make us believe that our timbers are weak.
I
rise at first light if only to get
a
sight of the trees bashing head against head.
It
seems the horse chestnut might tear up the yard,
the
sycamore go, and the yew break its heart.
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(For full text see
the Kindle ebook The
Nature of Things (Collected Poems) by Alan Marshfield)
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