Mr. Treeface
has so much to say before his lips fall off.
The green is returning with the humidity.
He sees it all with eyes open
to the forest of friends. Family
tidying the woods around him;
the lady of the woods sweeping
the ground for sticks with the young
man who rode his bike through
the creeping phlox and is now
working towards restoration
in the neighborhood.
Mr. Treeface approves.