“and even the trees we walked
under
seemed
less than
trees
and more like everything
else.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer
Source: You Get So Alone at Times That it Just Makes Sense
“We and the trees and the way
Back from the fields of play
Lasted as long as we could
No more walks in the wood”
Extract-last verse from 'An Old Fashioned Song' in 'Tesserae and other poems' (1993)
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