'Tall and Proud of It'
By Lori Wagner
How lucky
to be the top branch
of a forested tree!
You savor the sunlight
while the lower branches
reach
for what's left over.
Like a conductor's baton you direct the wind.
All eyes look up to you.
You are the zenith,
the utmost,
the angel on a Christmas tree.
- Lori Wagner lives in Lawrence.
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