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Poem: The Scent of Pine

The Scent of Pine

Each step taken, hand in hand

impresses the pine needled floor

with our tracks, side by side.

Neither one of us in front

or behind the other. Together.

as the thick air grows dense

sound drops like leaded weights,

the fresh scent of evergreen is

reminiscent of ascending aromatic butterflies

until a gentle wind temporarily scatters them.

With each step the weighty fragrant air

impresses pine needle tracks

upon our forest washed bodies

erasing all concerns.

William Sutphin

Photo by William Sutphin

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