\thanks\ thanks for the tree between me & a snipers bullet. i dont know what made the grass sway seconds…

\thanks\ thanks for the tree between me & a snipers bullet. i dont know what made the grass sway seconds before the viet cong raised his soundless rifle. some voice always followed, telling me which foot to put down first. thanks for deflecting the ricochet against that anarchy of dusk. i was back in san francisco wrapped up in a womans wild colors, causing some dark birds love call to be shattered by daylight when my hands reached up & pulled a branch away from my face. thanks for the vague white flower that pointed to the gleaming metal reflecting how it is to be broken like mist over the grass, as we played some deadly game for blind gods. what made me spot the monarch writhing on a single thread tied to a farmers gate, holding the day together like an unfingered guitar string, is beyond me. maybe the hills grew weary & leaned a little in the heat. again, thanks for the dud hand grenade tossed at my feet

\thanks\ thanks for the tree between me & a snipers bullet. i dont know what made the grass sway seconds before the viet cong raised his soundless rifle. some voice always followed, telling me which foot to put down first. thanks for deflecting the ricochet against that anarchy of dusk. i was back in san francisco wrapped up in a womans wild colors, causing some dark birds love call to be shattered by daylight when my hands reached up & pulled a branch away from my face. thanks for the vague white flower that pointed to the gleaming metal reflecting how it is to be broken like mist over the grass, as we played some deadly game for blind gods. what made me spot the monarch writhing on a single thread tied to a farmers gate, holding the day together like an unfingered guitar string, is beyond me. maybe the hills grew weary & leaned a little in the heat. again, thanks for the dud hand grenade tossed at my feet

Answer

Brief Explanations:

A subordinating conjunction connects a dependent clause to an independent clause. In the poem, the speaker has a harrowing experience (e.g., being in a dangerous situation with a sniper's bullet). A possible sentence could be: "Because the tree was between the speaker and a sniper's bullet, the speaker survived." Here, "because" is the subordinating conjunction.

Answer:

Because the tree was between the speaker and a sniper's bullet, the speaker survived.