Not Tree

—

We’re fooled.
The vine too.
By the nature of
This rusted
Arm slanting up
Through
Sunlight.

Not tree–
Old
Telephone
Infrastructure
Wrapped.
Forgotten.
Going native.

—

This post is from my poetry series for January, “What Details Know” — daily small stones and photos, as part of The River of Stones.

Read more small stones on Twitter at the #smallstone hashtag.

Theme: Overlay by Kaira. 
Elizabeth G. Howard 2023