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 <\/p>\n

The Names of Trees<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I should know the names of trees<\/p>\n

and birds, and where to find them.<\/p>\n

I should have this, poised to give,<\/p>\n

to any who might need it.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Dirt should sit, be lodged, tattooed,<\/p>\n

beneath my fingernails.<\/p>\n

And I should know its feel, and<\/p>\n

warmth, and temperament and taste.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

But my nails stay clean.<\/p>\n

Scrubbing is encouraged.<\/p>\n

Unsightly is this earth to<\/p>\n

human progress.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

II<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Unbecoming in an adult<\/p>\n

is a child-like wondrous gaze<\/p>\n

refusing age\u2019s death for it.<\/p>\n

Vitality defiant.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Offices, instead, contain<\/p>\n

our suitable contentment<\/p>\n

to know not trees, or birds, or dirt.<\/p>\n

Or earth. And instead, pacify<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

the grit of primal urge<\/p>\n

with a deflating relegation<\/p>\n

to loincloths, sticks, and caves,<\/p>\n

and forget, in them, the painting.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Killian<\/span>\u00a0Faith-Kelly<\/strong> was born in Belfast in 1997 and grew up in rural County Derry, Northern Ireland, before going on to study International Relations at the University of St Andrews. Since graduating in 2019 he has worked in the non-profit sector while writing poetry and fiction in his spare time.<\/div>\n
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