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Limbs on the Evergreens
Limbs on the evergreens
outside my window sweep
downward with weighty
tendrils and silently undulate
in gusts of wind as nature’s
prelude to a summer storm.
And when thunder breaks
the silence and lightening
flashes in the darkening sky,
limbs on the evergreens
outside my window wait
impatiently to bathe in rain
that will refresh them; extend
their reach; and keep them
strong, limber, and ever green.
Copyright © 2001 Frank Zahn. Published in Meat for Tea: The Valley Review - Confit, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2017, p.80, http://www.meatfortea.com/pdfs/meatforteav11i2.pdf; Perceptions: Prose and Other Poetry, Grove 49 eBooks (Kindle Edition) 2016 as revised in 2019.
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