what the fuck even
is a tree
just this big wood
rod all branching

and shit at weird
ass angles covered
in some green nonsense
blocking the sun

from the littler plants and
these other underground
branches just going like
everywhere getting up in everybody’s

business trees
man

fuck ’em

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Kyle Gervais lives in London (the one in Canada). He has one husband and two cats. He teaches Latin at the local university. You can find his other poems in Arion, Canadian Literature, Classical Outlook, Literary Imagination, Triggerfish Critical Review, and a file called “Poems.doc” on his laptop.