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By Ella McDonald<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sometimes you will come across a dead tree,
a skeletal landmark in the spring forest\u2013
its whitegrey trunk exaggerated with age
next to the new growth of the nearby maple

If you are quiet enough, you\u2019ll watch the forest
come to visit\u2014
pick up their gifts and pay their respects.

Hidden from view you\u2019ll hear the wood borer larvae
squeaking morbidity from their mandibles,
fattening themselves in their slow circuits

Or hear the harbinger hammering of a woodpecker
exploring for the end of the feeding gallery
before, in a flash of red, he moves on

And notice the understory has all gathered around in prayer
where sunlight has enlivened a spotlight of new green mess,
leaves twitching upward.

Here I am too, soaking in the possibilities
and celebration of this death, this opening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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