This work is entitled “Sitting on my ass at a swim meet, trying not to fall asleep between events or throttle the children who are fighting over everything and nothing. Holy crap, there must be something to focus on to keep me from grabbing them both by the ear and screaming like a madman!” I suppose its alternate title could be “A Maple Tree”.
a maple tree
trunk and branches spread
whorled and grooved
in brown and grey
and green
a spider’s nest
and splotches of moss
scabrous lichens
spread beneath the canopy


