“And be the tree of our hands!

it turns, for all, the wounds cut

in its trunk

the soil works for all

and towards the branches a headiness of fragrant precipitation!”

pg. 38

I had difficulty in reading this passage. Perhaps it was because of the personification of the tree having hands. I tried to keep this idea in mind while reading the remaining lines but fell even more confused when it talked about having wounds cut. I understand a human can have wounds but where does a tree have “wounds cut”? I dealt with this difficulty by just taking each line one at a time instead of trying to see the entire picture at once. By understanding the meaning of the individual lines and any significance it may have, I was able to see a bigger picture. I also needed to look up the word “headiness” because I wasn’t sure of what it meant. After realizing it means being intoxicating or rich, it made sense that the next few words described the fragrance.