Ode to a Crowbar

Comma, apostrophe, back- slash, cursive flourish — an all-purpose divider that only accidentally resembles a question mark in search of its dot-like perch. No self-respecting crow, beak clever at leverage, ever departed from the declarative mode. Male & female hand & handle, heavy as Wednesday. What iron tree might ramify if you insinuated yourself into some sidewalk crack? I know that curl from watching seeds sprout: cotyledon at the point of pulling apart.