Mannequin Envy
a journal of visual and literary arts
~fall 2006 ~
| "I am completing my last year at The Pennsylvania State University. I hope to attend graduate school next fall. I live in rural Pennsylvania, and spend far too much time in its woods." A Conversation with a Tree My dear, dear friend, I’m lost out here. Leaf, take me home. I left some oranges in a bowl, though I’m sure they’ve gone by now, and took the apples with them. Don’t mind the axe, it’s as dull as the moon. The birds can’t understand. I want to be a boy again, I do, I do. I thought I heard Papa coming, it was just an orchid breathing away. You’re a good listener, although the birds would tell you otherwise. I’m just a grape in a fruit bowl there. You’re getting old, I can see your veins. Maybe if I take off the blade. I’m trying. I’m trying. Maybe if I just walk backwards, like this, like this; my dear, dear tree, when you leave, take me with you. |