'The process of extracting maple syrup is generally called maple sugaring or simply sugaring. This process involves tapping the trees to collect the sap, and then evaporating the water from the sap in a process called boiling until it thickens into syrup."

kinda like writing it,
it,
poetry

and been up for hours and every notion
bidden and unbidden
become a maddening drip
of syrup,
a challenge to catch and release
every stray dog thought
becomes me

and the internal query of
anybody with just half a brain,
is, course,
will I ever get tapped out?

can't see it,
can't feel it,
the sap I am^
is the sap in me,
colored by
5786 years of
genetic mystery

and every time that haunting notion that occurs
oft near, around and on my date of birth^^
what if the poetry ceases?

sunders me,
&whip the yellow legal pad out,
list and listen to a recital of
my pros and cons,
and despite my very bad selfish judgement

I,
start
all over again

will I ever be tapped out?

Sure!
when all the water in my body,
evaporates



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