The Trees of Winter

Most of all I too

Love the trees of winter

Far more articulate than

Those of spring summer or fall

They speak directly to the sky

Without adornment

Like brain folds or sea coral 

They make clear their adherence

To a fixed set of rules 

For continuous growth

With scienter of life and

Precise enough in their branching

To make a Fortran coder blush

(Not sure but I think this great image is by the South African artist William Kentridge)