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# Table of Contents
- URL: https://www.hawkword.com/poetry/table-of-contents/
- Published: 2023-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-09T12:00:00.000Z
- Description: look at a freshly cut tree stump:
- Author: A. Gee
- Tags: Poetry, Allpoetry Import, #Import 2026-04-25 19:56

look at a freshly cut tree stump:

are you the dark rings that accrue  
each year, or the lighter layer in between?

the pastry sheets or the filler cream  
that makes it a Napoleon?

the poem collection or  
just the table of contents?

I'm each and every letter,  
from the F in Foreword  
to the last period.

No, don't close it yet.