Bjorn hosts Open Link Night in the dVerse Poets Pub ~ Anything goes!
Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots?
From Pablo Neruda's ~ Book of Questions
1 ~ Party Animals
beneath the soil the roots are wild
doing "the worm" / tequila-styled
a jazz band plays / all the night
while trunk above acts all polite
why hide the splendor / one might ask
cause daylight spoils a root's good flask
2 ~ Witness Protection
why do trees bury the splendor of their roots
they saw something / they know things
down there in the loamy dark
a witness protection program quietly hums
while the leaves above proclaim
"nothing to see down there, Officer"
3 ~ Nonsense
why do trees conceal
the splendor of their roots ~
to keep us guessing
to win the cosmic game of hide and seek
to ensure squirrels never
start digging for answers