Daniel Schall

Unpublished Footnotes from The Giving Tree

1. Not apple but paper birch,

my language is pain.

2. His rock dragged across me

ineptly. Hearts & rockets.

3. At some point we agreed

his astronaut coasted

without direction.

4. Lately, the child

& the child’s child

are the ones felled.

Daniel Schall is a poet and teacher. He holds an MFA in Writing from Lindenwood University, and his work has appeared in The Citron Review, Stone Circle Review, Elysium Review, and many other journals. Read more about Daniel at danschallwriter.wordpress.com/.