'Trees need their alone time too' I read it just now <br />in a poem by Bob Hicok and just like that <br />the world expanded thoughtfully and gloriously <br />and I imagined the whole of nature <br />giving a great sigh of relief <br />like a dog does when it lies down for the night <br />and a great sigh goes from the tips of its paws <br />to its ears or of course it might be the other way around <br />and trees with that sigh get on with their nightly cleansing routine <br />and expel all the stuff that mankind has made them put up with <br />in the world that we 'share' ha ha <br />and then think about the poor trees in the park and the streets <br />who've been passive smokers all day not to mention <br />gas-guzzlers without the accompanying four wheels <br />to enable them to getoutahere into the countryside for the weekend <br />to **** that up too yes I'm sorry trees although I must say <br />you do a good job of it and with silent patience <br />and don't write complaining to the newpapers in a mass protest <br />which is just as well as those papers need more trees <br />so I was just almost feeling complacent that Nature <br />seems to be well just about keeping the whole thing <br />on the rails until I looked up at the tops of the tallest trees <br />and saw the tops dying off <br />and wanted right then to know if prayer would help <br />because what else will <br /> <br />and thank you Bob and I guess poetry too <br />for half a line that brought me to the world <br />and a laugh then tears.<br /><br />Michael Shepherd<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/eco-logical/
