Old Man's Tree

it never grew

Old Man's Tree

The old man's tree
A scrawny branch
Fickle beyond belief
He sat down one day
on a branch
and paused his life
in the coming century.

Reviews

[Alfred Kukitz]

Thanks Dave!

Happy Holidays!

Regards,
Al

[David Scott]

Time travel eh? Nice sound bite of poetry.

[Alfred Kukitz]

My old man planted a number of fruit trees but never cared for them for many years. Thanks guy!

Regards,

Al

[jacob erin-cilberto]

i really like the metaphor...many of us live on those scrawny branches....when i was a kid, the neighbor had this willow tree...gave my dad a branch....my dad planted it....the neighbor's tree died in a month and our tree ended up growing so high it hovered over their garage...

never know how a branch will fare...or a man?