Cortex ... caudex
... codex
enveloping each
iterative turn
it is the porous
membrane that divides and covers
it is the rootstock
... lignin housed matrixial domain
caressed and
stroked, covered and clothed
it is the skin
stretched thin ...
the once protective mantle ... shaved and punctured ... peeled and scarified
inscribed and
bound.
From flesh to word.
