Father:
vine dresser
pruning
the true vine
dressing
the vines
paring
back
cutting
back
Child: vine
from
the vine I tumbled
stumbled
away
I
turned back
to
burn back
the
vine
unlike
the burning bush
unconsumed
the
vine is burned, trimmed,
pruned,
dressed
to
produce more
to
produce better
to
grow
Photograph by Alex Grichenko via Public
Domain Pictures. Used with permission.
