Deserted tree stood On the top of mountain Dressed in festive leafy garb The wind amorously glanced

Deserted tree stood
On the top of mountain
Dressed in festive leafy garb
The wind amorously glanced

With a hungry lover's eyes
Waved a kiss at his object of desire
Tree fluttered under such attention
Branches wobbled , petiole blossomed

At once with an passionate infatuation
Wind blew again, stronger, deeper kiss
Denuding her, leaves falling , falling
She is bare now, welcoming her paramour

He wheeling on , becoming tempest
Locking in the arms, thrusting tree's
Fragile body, engulfing with a whaling
Appetite , she plying under, gently sighing

Romeo and his beloved, starved for
Each other in the nocturnal downpour

by Margaret Gudkov

art by Dima Dmitriev