H e a r t S o n s & H e a r t D a u g h t e r s of A l l e n G i n s b e r g

N a p a l m H e a l t h S p a : R e p o r t 2 0 1 4 : A r c h i v e s E d i t i o n

ANTLER

Smart Squirrels

Late March early April

grey squirrels bite into

young sugar maples

And sap flows out

down their smooth trunks

staining them.

In the morning you can see

the squirrels’ pink tongues

lapping it.

And on cold nights it freezes

in long amber icicles

on the bark,

A kind of crystallized

sap candy

they love.

[Originally published in NHS 2011, http://www.poetspath.com/napalm/nhs11/.]