The Murder of the Oak Trees

The Murder of the Oak Trees By Elton Camp Perhaps in even in nobody’s wildest dream Could sports fanaticism become so extreme Supporters of Auburn or the Crimson Tide Have made it a point each other to deride. A man who has attended neither school May make himself into some raging fool The competition has taken a turn of late That goes all the way into senseless hate The state is buzzing now that one of these Claims to have poisoned some Auburn trees The accused was promptly thrown into jail And fifty thousand dollars set as his bail An Auburn ex-athletic director did mention Trees could be saved by divine intervention Seems to me God has more of which to see Than to step in and keep alive some old tree Of course it would only be a deranged rat To take sports competition as far as that Let’s hope that fans of each state school Will do nothing and allow tempers to cool