"Replacing the Moment"
Walnut
7' x 4.5' x 10.5'
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Replacing the Moment with the Years
No anaethesia, just dignity when
they excised its gut.
Healthy tissue gouged, then discarded.
Fibrous scars framed the hole.
It grew around its surgery
- ancient survivor.
Stiff legs straddling
pockmarked asphalt
roadside attraction.
They approached,
boxy camera dangling.
She posed inside
smiled at him.
It was their honeymoon.
The tree embraced her
enfolding
then relinquished her to his arms
replacing the moment with the years.
When they cut into her
they scooped out the rot
too late
too little
hollow trunk collapsing
dissolving into the forest floor.
Join us as we reconstruct
sculpture
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