The Fireman Surveys a Burnt Pine Forest

THE FIREMAN SURVEYS A BURNT PINE FOREST


The Fireman visits the Sunshine State
where evergreens grow leaves
the size of needles
--the sun comes in through the tips.

The Fireman looks around:
many trees are like this:
palmettos, palms, pines.
He realizes:
So this is how you live
so close to the sun.


Richard Smyth

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