those trees
positioned to suit
branches bent
in a philosophical tilt
sponsors,
collaborators
mother & father
surgeon & anesthetist
in whose arms
to playfully rock:
-- subject, object
nature, nurture
particle, wave
coincidence, destiny
prodigy, practitioner --
to & fro
until reaching
settlement,
two-pitch tuning fork
vibrating
in a hammock
September 2011