Tree trunk crawling

From the gum tree
Bark rain rings
Settled drops of 
	Wedge thin wings

This weeping wilter
Has a halo of shredding
	worm white skin

Trussed in a concrete courtyard
Three gums yearn for sky—
Mastodons in tar pits

Urban sludge clings
City air clamps on 
Stringy bark slivers

As it groans.