Some stupid bird with a weak beak
flies over the desert of sedimentary rock
and drops a pine cone seed;
lo and behold a tree sprouts
in a dusty crack of stone.
Gnarled, stunted tree
inspired by Halloween trunks
pushes roots by Braille
along rock fissures, searches
dirt and rain like bread and water
to survive trenches
to which it was born.
A crow perches its weight
atop to highest finger limb
not realizing the tree
flips the bird in shadow form.