O' American Sycamore-
what dost thou stand for?
what dost thou stand for?
Emigrant from England three and three
quarters score, long along years ago-
And you allegedly pledged your allegiance,
Christening yourself O' Nort 'occidentalis'
Christening yourself O' Nort 'occidentalis'
signaling westerly growth,
a reminder of the Fall.
Both bark and buds ooze
with bloom booze,
how apropos, you know.
how apropos, you know.
The mottled and molted trunk-sheds,
splotches on white, a complexion
that shows you belong, hanging out
(in)toxic(ated) tracts,
(in)toxic(ated) tracts,
peduncles on branchlets
achenes subjective gravitational
caducous coated in tomentum.
And some come foreboding and tall-
but are all hollow
inside, naturally swept up
saw dust, bore nee by beetled
witch's broom.
Image By Huw Williams (Huwmanbeing) (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.