the abusing vine

Before it strangles all life

From the tree

Cut the choking vine

At the base of the trunk

For a while It will remain

Overhead as a reminder

But in time it will fall away

Dry and dead

Gather it up

From cold ground

Pile it at the curb

Let the city haul it away

4-1-21

** This was about wisteria, an abusing vine that his wife enjoys the fragrance of…