It is impossible
to transplant time,
to dig up without injury
the full root system
bluish, delicate, forked,
neither male nor female.
Transverse candelabra
seen only with the aid
of a binocular microscope,
it spreads and speeds
faster than it dies.
Claire Bateman, 2018
Remixed works:
The Audubon Society Field Guide Series
The Peterson Field Guide Series


