the tree's essence is:
it is there.
you are there.
you are not there.

it is there.
all day long!!
all day!
all day long!!
all day!
the dog has a right to the bark.
the squirrel, a right to the branch.
the rabbit, to the roots' secret.
the cricket, to the choir.
the hawk, to the high view.
all day long!!
all day!

the bacteria…
the bacteria have a right to the blood.
all day long!!
all day!

there is more life in one leaf
than in all our philosophies.
a universe buzzes in the husk,
a truth too vast to think.

it is crazy to applaud to a tree,
but easy to do so for a clown.