“Gigantic Maples”
Sunday, 13 January 2019
“Gigantic Maples” by Jennifer Martelli begins:
I miss the maples on my block
because a witch lived in each rotted
hollow trunk. The trees
kept so silent, even when storms
tore off their muscular arms
from axillary knots, flung
them down onto the electrical wires,
never made a sound [continue reading]