Jose Hernandez Diaz reads "The Fall"

The video features a teacher reading and discussing the prose poem 'The Fall' by Russell Edson. The teacher explains how Edson's improvisational style and the poem's spontaneity have influenced their own writing. The poem tells a whimsical story of a man who pretends to be a tree, only to be humorously corrected by his parents.

How did the man respond to his parents' suggestion?

What is the significance of the phrase 'it is fall' in the context of the poem?