There was a time

Dave BontaJanuary 28, 2017epigrams and conundrums, forest

A living tree has grown around and partially absorbed the limb of a dead tree leaning against it.

when nearly everyone shared a knowledge of what the Bible said and an ignorance of what it meant.

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I live in an Appalachian hollow in the Juniata watershed of central Pennsylvania, and spend a great deal of time walking in the woods. My books of poetry include FAILED STATE: HAIBUN, ICE MOUNTAIN: AN ELEGY, BREAKDOWN: BANJO POEMS, and ODES TO TOOLS. View all posts by Dave Bonta

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Jim says:

January 30, 2017 at 12:04 am

Tree looks like it took in a dying refugee, and simply kept on growing.

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1. Dave Bonta says:
  
  January 30, 2017 at 12:15 am
  
  It’s a bizarre thing. The old snag isn’t even attached to the ground any more, it’s just resting there, but I’m guessing its roots hadn’t rotted away yet when the living tree began to grow around it, because this is right on top of a very windy ridge.
  
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