Treedom

This entry is part 42 of 51 in the series Une Semaine de Bonté
Page 45 from Max Ernst’s Une Semaine de Bonté

my inverse the tree
dresses for a different

more delectable sun
its gender is dioecious

its sexual partners are six-
legged and winged

its holes hold birds’ eggs for the snake
smooth and warm as coins

disappearing into
that snakeskin purse

what can it have to teach
it stays naked all winter

superficiality proliferates
blank and green

the light transfigured
into moving shadows

and thinner than a wire-worm
the first filament of rot creeps in

Une Semaine de Bonté

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