OF TREES AND BRANCHES

By Tikum Mbah Azonga

The mangrove trees hand too loosely
They have no hornbeam
Nor sad-looking birches
They bear broken ewers of red
Etched on canvass without Velasquez
If you ask me, frankly
I`ll say everything here below is jaded
And crustaceans are the same as daffodils.

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