It was a good idea, cutting away
the vines and ivy, trimming back
the chest-high thicket lazy years
had let grow here. Though it wasn't for lack
of love for the trees, I'd like to point out.
Years love trees in a way we can't
imagine. They just don't use the fruit
like us; they want instead the slant
of sun through narrow branches, the buckshot
of rain on these old cherries.
Nathaniel Perry
Nine Acres
Re-making a
Neglected Orchard
[fragment]
2011©
Saul Leiter
1923-2013
undated
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