Uproot the Trees br br br Uproot the trees br whose branches offend br the long, strong dapple-fangled neck of Thisbe, br whose apples tempt the snake-charmed arm of man. br Strip the bark from babbling birch br before the woads of time can synthesize. br And lest the plough shall yield br the tantrums of oblivion. br On distant hills of wisdom's home br Beneath the vagrancy of salt, br Issue mandrills to the pitless dome br where angry stamens stamp their pitch. br The oak, the ash, the lupine larch br In spirit of the bygone straws br may unfold the scrolls br but should the struggle gain? br For even Dvornik br in his double egg-cup days br knew the folly of duplicit gripes - br Twice, though once enticed by kelp. br And see the weeping willow how she pinks br when clustered in the void of prancing irks, br And ask not whom the creeping shadows jolt. br The coconut, twice shy, en masse br will triumph o'er the spiteful morn br and though the roots may wither, br The fruits shall multiply apace. br br Uproot the trees br br But never interject past hindrances.