Itchy Trees

Trash, Weeds, and Truth

The trees have an itchiness about them
today
You can see it in the way this morning
they hold the birds 
          who are arguing with each other 
          about whose is whose 
straight-armed
They’re saying--these trees-- 
"Put your ears to the ground
birds and clouds and especially
you, humans
always fliers high and fast.
We’ve all heard about the a…