Sidewalks

Mornings bring the sport of treescity streets vs. time
sidewalk cracks and sign blocking
crashing power lines.

Trim the branches cut the limbs
make distorted, lame
traffic backs up under them
students laugh, walking.

Tree trunks grow and roots
do roam, displacing many items
apartment rent a big event
and grads find a new autumn.

Other trees in many places
seedlings, forests, vines
slinging baskets, sending
cages, roots that tickle spines.

Forests gather all the caskets
cities and designs
mail them off to other planets
to be redesigned.

Human limbs are
bark and branches,
trees will plant them now
shovels, axes and cement

won't start the brand new towns.