Like something
that might also
happen in the head,
they are strange
rings that flatten
and spread chalky
grey vaccination
spots on bays,
creating an exact
but dimensionless
perimeter against
the deep knap of
ferns and mosses
that coat the trunk.
All that dense life:
kept out as though
these patches …
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