willow, sallow, blackthorn
thought is made in the mouth
quaking aspen, silver birch
pulse is mouth in the wrist
cedar, alder, slippery elm
wrist is grief in the making
camphor, blue ash, blister fir
myth is spindrift of grief
hawthorn, hemlock, paper birch
makeshift myth in the named
linden, rowan, tamarack
name: oh torque of the tongue
red spruce, torch pine, slash pine
pine, pine, pine, pulse, pine
[“Thought is made in the mouth” is a quote from Tristan Tzara.]