I Like Trees

Eat the light.
They will tell you to share. Tell them-
-tell them-
go to hell.
She was tearful, the girl
at her cousin’s wedding- brought to me, like a child
to a principal’s office. Tell me- What did she DO?
“She writes stories. I was hoping
(because flattering her didn’t work)
maybe you
could coax her, give her the courage
to get them published.” She, [...]