mother’s knotted and
crooked finger points
at the towering eucalyptus
and the large swelling on the trunk
What is that?
It’s called a burl a growth
that gets larger and larger
which someday may kill
the tree I say
She lowers her hand onto
the walker and plunges ahead
towards its branches’ willowy shade
bounces hard over a bump in the
sidewalk keeps going
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