Martyrdom in the Lost Forest

Fractions slash cantankerous 
/ inabilities 
/ skillfully wielding wedges 
against formerly whole oranges / 
consider this, punctuated equilibria /
-- static hearts cannot beat
/ a rap or pop or country.
Friendlessness is worse than
/ godlessness
/ fallowness
/ nessness
-- under adjectivization
collective harms consider
just dessert --
no dinner.
Divided by trees in 
// awful rows //
parallel spines are too upright --
to be known -----
if they fall without a sound ____.