Yellow Finches Drop From A Plane Tree
Crosses of sunlight burn through the sugar maple
each afternoon in little crucifixions.
Blue-black lake like an 8-mm film,
its name means "hig winds"
in a language not spoken by local Indians.
How does a tree move when it is angry?
I want to be angry like that.
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Susan Briante
Utopian Minus
Ahsahta Press
2011
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