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SYCAMORE
Acer pseudoplatanus**
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_pseudoplatanus

** sometimes also Platanus occidentalis or even Ficus sycomorus

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There's sap in the trees if you tap 'em
There's blood on the seas if you map 'em
Christian, if I'll see your papa
I'll tell him you love him
He taught me to love in the wild
And fight in the gym
He taught me the bottle gives birth to the cup
And you won't get hurt if you just keep your hands up
And stand tall

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Sycamore got to grow down to grow up
Young roots toil the soil like baby's first cup
And when they bend you in two
And say too green for the fire
When all you want to do is be a part of the fire
All you want to do is be the fire part of fire

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from The Shape of Trunk to Come, released October 20, 2020
Written by Bill Callahan
Originally on Woke on a Whaleheart (2007, Drag City)

Leaf picture from The North American Sylva atlas by François André Michaux. Free version of the book (from 1819) can be downloaded for free here: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/42243#/summary

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Bugmen Prague, Czechia

Aging dudes who could just be drinking beer after work. But somehow music for the jukebox of their lives is being made in the process. Is it magic?

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