Paper fibers drink the sky
Xylem channels drawing dry
Quercus robur stands aside
Stomata open wide
Winter fog holds breath between
Keizersgracht and Lauriergracht green
Hedera helix climbs the brick
Words dissolve slow and thick
Letter reads like root to shoot
Amsterdam rain makes meaning mute
Taxus baccata drinks the ink
We decode what bridges think
Ink feathers into cellulose veins
Chlorophyll stains the cold remains
Salix alba weeps nearby
Roots remember what hands write
Winter fog holds breath between
Keizersgracht and Lauriergracht green
Hedera helix climbs the brick
Words dissolve slow and thick
Letter reads like root to shoot
Amsterdam rain makes meaning mute
Taxus baccata drinks the ink
We decode what bridges think
Magnolia soulangeana buds
Wait for spring beneath the muds
Letter folds to seed-like shape
Dormant till the warm escape
Fog lifts slow from water skin
Phloem carries sugar in
Paper pulp returns to earth
Second growth declares its worth
Letter reads like root to shoot
Amsterdam rain makes meaning mute
Taxus baccata drinks the ink
We decode what bridges think
Ginkgo biloba drops its fan
Pages dry as only can
Taxus letter finds its home
In soil where the yews have grown
Letter reads like root to shoot
Amsterdam rain makes meaning mute
Taxus baccata drinks the ink
We decode what bridges think
Roots and words both drink the rain
Spring will read the page again
Yew silhouettes stretch long
Letter gone to song
