I Am a Flowering Magnolia

I Am a Flowering Magnolia

The feeble tree implores through
a feeble sign

I AM A FLOWERING MAGNOLIA,
PLEASE STOP BREAKING MY
BRANCHES

A gardener speaks on behalf of the tree
which has no speech
because little by little, the humans
kill the tree 

with their cute gestures
Here, have a flower, honey

A gardener must protect the garden
from the desire that humans have
for one another

The garden breaks for us

Oh the alluring sweetness
of what will end