Tree Friends

1
grande dame of the ball
long emerald velvet gown
beaded in brown cones

2
two tall matriarchs
wind tossing their thinning hair
dyed the tint of youth

3
Robert Frost swing set
sleek canoes slicing water
possibilities

4
shoulder to shoulder
five beauties flip their full skirts
dancing the can-can

5
neighborhood triplets
long mops and thin sturdy legs
too young for weeping

6
feigning middle class
impossible in the wind
silver is revealed

7
an aura of zeus
massively girded and armed
the block's guardian

8
on fire with belief
anarchists make their statement
not waiting for Fall

9
junior is tethered
in training for adulthood
stand up straight don't slouch