Sturdy Trunk Belays 10,000 Feather Twigs

What responsibilities fall upon these sturdy limbs
Nourishing the fragile, hibernating twigs
Buoying up a traveling winter squirrel.

Hard trunks: rough, bent, creased and full of rings,
with spring hanging in the balance.

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