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Being Pine
being a clamber frame for a guilder rose
being a toe-hold for a rowan’s pose
being a provider to cross-bills feeding
being a nest-site for sawflies breeding
being a pitch pump instead of bleeding
being slow about sex and even slower about seeding
being a sulphur-shower pollen explosion
being a site for a cone-gatherers’ symposium
being a guru of yang and yin
being supple in a hurricane
being evergreen
being turpentine
being a whisperer of verse
being in harmony with burns
being a partner in tangos with gales
being a ship’s mast with emerald sails
being here despite armies and pulp mills
being an allied supplier of ant hills
being moon-tuned with tidal sap
being an orgiastic wine tap
being a green thing that stands in the way
being this swaying being, being this way