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Re: Yeah, well, they started it. Seriously, in getting to the fun of the
poem I allowed a kind of triumphal tone to creep into stanza two that some have found distressing. I'll "take it under advisement" as my sister-in-law would say.
posted by
2902
on February 6, 2012 at 2:05 AM
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This dosen't sound like you Bob, beheading trees. I think of your yard as a green thumb reward...No weeds please.
posted by
UtahJay
on February 5, 2012 at 9:29 PM
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Re: She's read your erotic verse and doesn't want to talk to you without a
cop and lawyer present. You'll have to trust me on this, but my flowers - like my good looks - are the envy of the eastern seaboard. Camera makers haven't found enough pixels to do justice to either. Trust me. (Would I lie to you?)
posted by
2902
on February 5, 2012 at 1:23 PM
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Stop bragging Bob You and I know your garden is full of those plants that are so endearing to you and would not move a leaf in response to your rather wild claims of desecrating trees. On the other hand I liked your poem, but remember a photograph would be the easiest way to settle this claim. I would like to have a quiet word with Ginny. 
posted by
C_C_T
on February 5, 2012 at 10:26 AM
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Boy, I'm glad this comments page exists! No, I don't hate trees,
but those seven were not being good citizens. It was me or them. The idea of the weed consequences fascinated me.
posted by
2902
on February 5, 2012 at 10:25 AM
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Re: Bob
True, I wasn't just giving vent to my inner Paul Bunyan. I love the tree cover on my property, but certain trees were not being good citizens. I have a whole lot left.
posted by
2902
on February 5, 2012 at 10:19 AM
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So now you have reminded me of all the weeds I have just let grow and take over my front garden, but it was amusing.......
posted by
spiderfly
on February 5, 2012 at 9:35 AM
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Bob
I like your poem, but I was shocked by the occasion that gave rise to it, though your explanation shows it was necessary. This caused me to look at my own small plot, and imagine the desolation it would cause if I had to cut down seven of my trees...
posted by
Nautikos
on February 5, 2012 at 8:18 AM
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Re: Nature-in-the-raw really knows how to defend itself - we have
poison ivy springing up in unexpected places. As for the trees, we also had a heavy snow the day before Halloween when trees still had their leaves - that added weightbrought down a lot of trees and a lot of limbs that made the trees weirdly shaped and therefore dangerously unbalanced. I'm really not looking forward to the effects that will have in spring.
posted by
2902
on February 5, 2012 at 7:38 AM
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we had to cut down a few trees as well. Then cut back alot of the weeds that had grown since I was unable to go out and do it because there is so much poison ivy in our yard and behind the house. So even when we get rid of it in our yard it still grows back from the other side of the fence
posted by
Annicita
on February 5, 2012 at 6:52 AM
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Re: You chopped out seven trees?
Indeed I did! Three were dead or dying and the others were up to no good - we were lucky to get through that hurricane without their coming down expensively. The ones left I cherish, being by nature a tree-hugger. It was something I'd put off for too long.
posted by
2902
on February 5, 2012 at 6:43 AM
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You chopped out seven trees?
You didn't know they made nearly half the oxygen you need each day? As for the weeds, advancing army though they be, can't make up that oxygen deficiency.
posted by
Pat_B
on February 5, 2012 at 6:01 AM
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