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Is the pain the tree felt

when lovers' initials were

carved into her trunk

imprinted within each

of her pine cones?

Why initials and not the full names? Do

fickle hearts want anonymity

as insurance against receding

desire?

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Footnote:

sparked by reading Satish Verma's

"Waning Moon"

https://www.postpoems.org/authors/satishverma/poem/1100928#comment-528592