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Pine Tree in This Forest is Perfect
by Ellen Goldsmith
1997, 29 pages
Winner of the 1997 Sapering
Hol Press Chapbook Competition.
"Backstage
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I remember how I
used to feel
about the tracery of branches
how I saw fullness, appreciated
new views
the river visible beyond the barn
This fall the wind finds its
way
beneath my collar, despite my scarf
and I wonder if the leaves
are ready to fall
if the tree is ready to lose them
I go to a healing group now
leave the radio on all night
to help me through
the dreams
waiting in cages since surgery Once
at the circus my father and I left early
We walked away from the dancing horses
rolling clowns, cotton candy
Backstage the animals' cages were empty
the doors opened wide
and the acrobats sat in a circle playing cards
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