May 19

Picea omorika

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Who says these trees are evergreen?

Do the other shades go unseen?

This is the problem with labels.

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Each month new tones come to the scene.

There are so many more than green.

This is the problem with labels.

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Chartreuse, emerald, forest, citrine

Gold, crimson, coral, tangerine

This is the problem with labels.

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Traits label omits is obscene

Trees so much more than evergreen

This is the problem with labels

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(A Go Vat Poem)