How sap spills out.

For all its former glory,
the tree lay dead, cut neatly
in even parts.
A mushroom shaped outgrow,
soon began to
jut out of a cut
as thick as pancake
days and weeks
after being felled.

A year later
trunk and outgrow
are still begging
for
a role
to play
on
a stage not yet built
a use not yet discovered
its sap spilling out
to catch flies and ants and occasional spiders.