024 Evergreen Cutouts
Well-groomed edges,
sharp trimmed hedges,
rigid forest-killing ways,
can’t change sunset’s golden rays.
Shape away;
snip and clip,
shear and shave,
prune and pare
as you may.
An inner life in trees
rules roots and needles
growth and leaves
opts —or not—
for fruit and seed.
Ginny Emery
