I Saw a Man Shoot Not an Arrow Into a Tree

The Tree Climber

I saw a man shoot not an arrow into a tree

A beanbag

Yanked thin yellow leader line

I craned my eye-neck on high

Fatter red line followed yellow

Hidden in leaves branches

I saw a man shimmy up the red rope

Step clinch step clinch step clinch

Slip slide down swift swift

I saw a man shoot not an arrow into my heart

A beanbag

Thunked, thin line yanked around me

Shimmy up, step clinch, slip down, swift, swift. 

c. 2015, Nancy Charak

Thank you Dan Gilmore, Margaret Rozga