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.
even
Over some border.
Mark them with orange Xs
Stop the blight
Nothing ever seems to start
Here.
