Tuesday, September 26, 2006

acorn

by Karyn Huntting Peters

he leans against the oak, his pain filling
trunk, branches, leaves. the shade
is lulling, his eyes see no shell
surrounding his world.

autumn winds blow the leaves of pain
about me, and the sun is beginning to set.
I bend to pick up a tiny acorn. shaking it
to my ear, I near a tiny man crying inside.




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