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Marguerite Bouvard

            Apple Tree

As if it began on its knees
in the angle
of meditation, then
rocked backwards
as it rose,
only to thrust forward
indicating a path
before spiraling
back again, revising
its trajectory
so that when we walk
beneath it or around
we see changing
vistas, feel the space
of many rooms,
so that we know
it cannot be defined,
this endless braiding
of self, this circle
with many edges,
so that we understand
it's not the flowers
or the leaves
only the journey.



Copyright © 2002 Marguerite Bouvard

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