More Tales From The Smoke Tree
Some entity
Is trying to keep me happy
Maybe that entity
Is the Smoke Tree
A fascinating species
Cousin of the Sumac
Sumacs from my youth
This memory takes me back
Newton, New Jersey
Youthful days in the woods
Next to our house
In our neighborhood
We used sumac branches
As swords
With garbage can lids
As shields for Kings and Lords
3000 miles away
Also near Route 80
Funny how a highway
Defines me
But I digress
Isn't it funny
What a tree can do
When I reminisce
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