The Tree That Never Sang

Never, ingest them
? When it needs
Translucent, barely waving
Silk
Soaken sheets
Dog toys and your things
Loaves of swollen bread
? And floating
Leeches never felt

The tree
That never sang
The tree
The tree that never sang
The tree
The tree that never sang
The tree
The tree that never sang

Scalding salts and spices
Poisoned, rice and rust
Swirling, figs and feathers
In the crumbling dust
Adjacent to the rubble
Grudges swollen dregs
Breathing in a bubble
Assistant's aging claims

The tree
That never sang
The tree
The tree that never sang (that never sang)
The tree
The tree that never sang
The tree
The tree that never sang

Never ingest them

Never
Ingest them
? When it needs
Translucent barely waving
Silk, soaking sheets

Dog toys, and your face
Loaves of swollen bread

? And floating
Leeches never felt

The tree
That never sang (the tree that never sang)
It said the tree that never sang
The tree
The tree that never sang
The tree
The tree that never sang
(The tree the tree never sang never sang never sang)
Ingest them, ingest them, gest them