Have you seen a tree bleed? Yes. I've seen a tree bleed. It bled bright red arterial blood... or sap -- but not that sticky, very viscous kind of sap that one knows from Maples. This was the consistency of blood, as well as its color. It's disconcerting to see the scratched bark of a tree ooze a fluid so blood-like. It makes one question one's assumptions, such as whether a tree feels: a scratch or cut or the nail pounded into its trunk to hang something for one's momentary convenience. And when I see lover's initials carved into a tree, I now can't help but wonder how the lovers would feel about the tree's initials being carved into their flesh.
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