That Human Decision

Say you’re standing in the glade created
By the Pando Aspen clone. Doesn’t have to be
Pando, could be any sizable aspen clone.

Say no one’s ever told you how aspens clone.
What do you see all around you? The largest
Single organism in the world? You see trees.

You see a lot of aspen trees. You see,
Counting only works after you’ve decided
Where to draw your boundaries, what

In the waves to call one thing of a kind.
Works fine, then. Works like a charm
For comparison. First, that decision.