smithyman - trees

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                                  TREES

                  not so many kauri
                                     rimu
and on the flats when
those were cut out
they put the fire in          kahikatea
                                     kohekohe
                                     taraire
                                     matai
                                     tawa

burning off

Black black black was the colour of my true love's hair.
Was after, grey, like ashes,
and were                       
                                       miro
                                      totara
                                      puketea

and those which had
bloodstain flowers,
the family of
                                        rata