Tree blight

As I write this, the tree guys feed branches into wood shredders.  It is incredibly loud.  The ash tree in our backyard has been deemed treatable.  We will see. 

As I write this, Boston and the surrounding area is on lockdown for the Marathon bombers.  The bombers, maybe two, maybe three, are mostly marked with orange Xs.

We live on a street

With ash trees.

They are mostly marked

With orange Xs

Their fate is clear.

The emerald ash borer

Must be stopped

In its tracks.

They came from Asia.

Nothing bad ever begins

In this country

In this county

In this town

On this street

In our yard.

Growing up in Minneapolis

It was Dutch elm.

It is always easier

To blame something bad,

On some thing

On some one

From overseas
even
Over some border.

Mark them with orange Xs

Stop the blight

Nothing ever seems to start

Here.