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Of all trees, birches are perhaps the most like grass. They are small, pliant, slender; and if they promise a kind
Apr 20,2021
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Of all trees, birches are perhaps the most like grass. They are small, pliant, slender; and if they promise a kind of permanence, it has nothing to do with solidity or longevity — as with an oak or a linden — but only with the fact that they seed and spread quickly. They are ephemeral and recurring — like words, like a form of conversation between earth and sky.
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