Ode to the Tree People of Lincoln Street

Ode to the Tree People of Lincoln Street

They dance and sing

in the language of trees

tonight the forest celebrates the stars

As grandfather oak tells tales of their ancestors

maple saplings listen in awe

and two birch lovers exchange vows

Summer’s final firefly

blinks a premonition

but the warning is lost in the jubilee

Dawn approaches

the trees sway in song

gentle lullabies rock the woods to sleep

Giant steel cats break though their dreams

fossils of ancient mastodons and pterodactyls

fuel that anguish that dwells in metal

Trees scream

splendid roots rip from the ground

as the forest falls on Lincoln Street