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My neighbor cut her tree
It is suppose to be her tree
So she can do anything with it
But with the sound and shake
Trunks are coming down
Hard and heavy
A tree of fifty years?
Or is it longer?
Up roll the curtains
Out of the windows
Diameter of the tree trunks
As big as six feet wide
Pine needles
Scattering
The tree
Sighing, screaming, and crying
All at [...]

Red flash, a girl’s skirt, close by a woman, slowly walking further together;
Grey, a truck, getting near then driving far, picking up trash;
Green, a lawn mower, a solid sized man walking back and forth with it;
Brown, a dog approaching, an old lady jogging after, handling a leash;
Glitter, appear, and disappear, on the diamond shaped lead [...]

To my valentine, my beloved;
Since when does your breath carve a hint of mountain scent?
A scent that reminds me of the mountains of Oslo,
It was last summer when we took the trip,
I finally discovered a place where you feel home.
Your heart is rejoiced, even for breathing in the air,
The air, filled with the mountain scent;
Your [...]

Isn’t it painted by God,
the shades of grey, brown, and green,
the rays of light, and the glide of a hawk?
Isn’t it painted by God
the shades of red, pink, and yellow,
the shadow of dusk, and the jump of a squirrel?
Isn’t it painted by God,
the shades of silver, white and blue,
the bubbles of water, and the dance [...]

Only if I get bigger, so I can drive the car like mommy does,
Only if Daddy gets smaller, so he can sit on my car seat;
Only if I get bigger, so I can touch the ceiling like mommy does,
Only if Daddy gets smaller, so he can sleep in my bed;
Only if I get bigger, so [...]

Does God have wings? God must have wings, otherwise, how can he travel around the world and listen to all children’s prayers? His wings must make him go fast, so he can be here and there in a minute!
Does God have wings? God must have wings, otherwise, how can he go up [...]