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Grandmothers Land

around the house stood an

orchard of plum, apple and pear

a blackwalnut tree, one white pine,

groves of white oak and willow clumps

the home of Jessie was largely redwood

blood, flesh and bone sprouted

inside her womb of redwood

for five generations

the trees now stand unpruned and wild

after relocating so many years before the War

the seeds of Jessie have returned

afternoon sunlight on the field

breezes moving grass and leaves

memories with family names wait

within the earth, the mountains,

the valley, the field, the trees

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