GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES
Finches and juncos get along
at one feeder, but they hardly
live together on one branch.
Branch, though, lives on
in baseball with Jackie
and in poetry with the one
that will never break.
It comes to us from way back
as paw, claw and footprint.
The part of the tree
growing from the trunk
might take you into capitalism.
Leaves and branches
at the top of trees
clean the air, slow the impact
of rain drops on the earth.
They grow in a way
that gets sunlight to leaves.
Follow the wagon
to where the children
left it and you've given
your life a better chance.
Jim Bodeen
29 April 2019
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