Name: The Trees, They Sing
Duration: P00H02M10S
Description: The tree is courted by parts of nature until it’s taken by the wind up, into the doldrums, where it witnesses the ice-caps melt, land brown, coast-lines swallowed, etc. The change in wind patterns from the loss of the icecaps causes the wind/lover to cease, sending the tree back down to its home in the coastal forest where it’s overcome by the sea. He has no regrets, these things happen.

The Trees, They Sing

from Who's Who and the What, What's EP by Tooantuh

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The tree is courted by parts of nature until it’s taken by the wind up, into the doldrums, where it witnesses the ice-caps melt, land brown, coast-lines swallowed, etc. The change in wind patterns from the loss of the icecaps causes the wind/lover to cease, sending the tree back down to its home in the coastal forest where it’s overcome by the sea. He has no regrets, these things happen.

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Winter whispered secrets in my head. Oh, yes she did.
Stumbled across the soft webs and pushed aside the vignettes, in my bed.
Whisper a little, please. Harking on that bedpost pleases me,
But don’t brush away those seeds. I want a forest greeting me
In December
The air coiled closer and pushed the button on my chin. Oh, yes she did.
My legs jumped, chest pumped and cheeks spread to a newborn grin.
Oh, that’s a fact. I begged, “Give me a kiss, my darling,
And we’ll grow older and taller for all to see.
I hear the droll the doldrums makes one breathe easy.”
The sea had to swell it’s an earthen formality.
“I’m hungry,” it bellowed and began to swallow me.
No malice. No regret. My home is down below.
Goodbye cold days. Goodbye tomorrow.
I have learned to love them all

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from Who's Who and the What, What's EP, released May 10, 2011

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Tooantuh Austin, Texas

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