(Two Trees of Glastonbury, England) 2002
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Gog and Magog, 2002
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I saw them
near the Tor, in Glastonbury,
Gog
and Magog, the two giant legendary trees
From
the days of King Author and the Green Knight
Of
King Richard the Lion Heart, and wizardry.
Two
twin trees, like twisted ghosts, the hosts
Of
the Glastonbury Abbey, on a path and hillside.
There
they stood, naked, with little bark—
Stricken
by age, weather and the times.
Formed
like dead twisted beasts, right out of
Camelot’s
legacy…, Oh, I did stand and look awhile,
Then
climbed the fence, and up the tree a foot or three.
I
thought, ‘what have you seen’, — surely more than me!
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