REDWOODS TALK TO ME
(dedicated to Grace Slick & The Jefferson Airplane)
(dedicated to Grace Slick & The Jefferson Airplane)
a tree points at me and says:
“I AM YOUR MASTER”
(she must be telling me the truth because trees don’t bullshit)
“IF I UNEARTHED AND SOARED TO THE MOON,
THE WATERS OF THE EARTH WOULD DROWN
YOUR MISERABLE SOUL”
(she really can’t be all that bad because she’s a giant sequoia , I thought)
“AND IF FURTHER PROVOKED,
I COULD ASK ALL OF THE SQUIRRELS AND THE OTHER LITTLE ONES
TO EVICT YOU FOREVER FROM YOUR HABITAT”
(my God what fantastic power!)
“YES, JUST BY MAKING MY BRANCHES INVISIBLE
I COULD SINK ALL YOUR OCEANLINERS AND
TOPPLE YOUR SPACESHIP DREAMS”
and as this ordeal lingered on,
these words seared inside my chest:
REDWOODS TALK TO ME
STATE IT PLAIN-
THE HUMAN RACE
DON’T MEAN SHIT TO A TREE
11/15/69
Paterson