Rodent Tree Poem by SRIRANJI ARATISANKAR

Once some one lacerated my body
with sharp teeth
After long time from that scar ripped open
A tree shot out...
Tree.
It is tree.
But no leaves.
Only branches..
Long branches raised upright towards the sky
Black, slippery, spiral awkward branches...

From those branches
Thousands of piercing yellow teeth hanging...
Terrible, violent teeth..
Black teeth, yellow teeth, brown teeth...

The tree is highly accrescent,
Pervading...
beyond control of this poor poet ...