Desvantagens

The bark is not enough. It furls
Redundant shards, will barter
Rock for sap, blood for veering sluice,
While the leaf is pecked, brindled
With air, and how much more, furrowed
Or wrapped, between dog and wolf,
How much longer will it stake
The axe to its gloatin advantage?

Paul Auster, EUA, 3/02/1947