Plant Pillars and Tree Fountains

(15 July 2008)

I'm walking home at dusk

here in Washington, DC

And each tree I see, and each

plant -- are nodes of

         intelligence

               and beauty.

Fountains of knowledge and insight;

     attractive pillars,

          spraying upward and outward,

               green till brown till dust.

     Words, images, and

          deep, infinite knowing --

               available and free

     to those who look

          and listen

               and desire.