<link href="../css/stylesheet.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"/> <meta content="urn:uuid:35fd7fd8-21d0-40f3-8fdb-559f2b820702" name="Adept.expected.resource"/> </head> <body> <h2 class="chap-title" id="ch181">I Can’t Stand Trees</h2> <p class="noindent3"><span class="dropcap">I</span> can’t stand trees.</p> <p class="noindent3">They’re a bit too theatrical.,</p> <p class="noindent3a">They act all dramatic, no static, all radical.</p> <p class="noindent3a">All “Hey, look at me” All “Hey, I’m a tree”</p> <p class="noindent3a">All “Hey, stump boy, do you like what you see?”</p> <p class="noindent3">And I reply, “No! You limp-limbed lug!</p> <p class="noindent3a">You winter leaflet littering bug.</p> <p class="noindent3a">With towering branches and cowering roots,</p> <p class="noindent3a">devouring sunshine and showering fruits.</p> <p class="noindent3">It’s a war they want? Then a war I’ll wage.</p> <p class="noindent3a">I’m writing this on paper just to waste” </p> <div style="page-break-before: always"/> <p class="image"><img alt="image" src="../images/p218.jpg"/></p> <div style="page-break-before: always"/> <p class="center" style="margin-top: 5em">…a fucking page.</p> </body> </html>