When we kill a tree
Does a forest sigh
Rustle with grief that
One of them should die.
Is there apprehension,
Do the trees even hear,
The clinking clanking sound
As the felling gang draws near.
The real flowers of the world,
The lungs of the Earth,
Helping cleanse the air from
the moment of their birth.
Their beauty being replaced
By a much lesser scene
As we uproot the trees
To plant Soya bean.
Do the trees around the world
Hear the grieving crying
From swathes of woodland as
They sense their colleagues dying.
Will there be a memorial service
When they've killed the last tree
Will they follow into extinction
The last wild bee.
When the Earth is levelled
And sterile and neat
Under chamfered layers
Of reinforced concrete
And the air gets heavy
With every breath a chore
Each one less satisfying than
The one just gone before
Will we regret we didn't listen
To the almost silent pleas
That rustled through the branches
Carried by the last gentle breeze.
Will a silent protester
Surreptitiously sow
Handfuls of acorns to watch
New Oak saplings grow.
They called it
Allusvain Sandite
The layer beneath
The sircrete, which
Had used both cement
And tar to create a
Permanent seal.
They used bankrun gravelsoil
To cover the aircrete
And when dried they soothed
The surface with
A high quality concrete.
Ten inches thick in a
Reinforced concrete layer
Filled with sand and stone
The rooftop for the hobbit
House. A masterpiece
Beautiful, at a fraction of
The cost
Lumberyard scrap walls
Encompasses the concrete
Mass. Lumber, scorned and
Oiled.
The hobbit house on a rises
Slab, affordable under what
Is recognition for best budget
Living standards.
Friends and family unite to
Make the cost more affordable.
They called it
Allusvain Sandite
The layer beneath
The sircrete, which
Had used both cement
And tar to create a
Permanent seal.
They used bankrun gravelsoil
To cover the aircrete
And when dried they soothed
The surface with
A high quality concrete.
Ten inches thick in a
Reinforced concrete layer
Filled with sand and stone
The rooftop for the hobbit
House. A masterpiece
Beautiful, at a fraction of
The cost
Lumberyard scrap walls
Encompasses the concrete
Mass. Lumber, scorned and
Oiled.
The hobbit house on a rises
Slab, affordable under what
Is recognition for best budget
Living standards.
Friends and family unite to
Make the cost more affordable.
They called it
Allusvain Sandite
The layer beneath
The sircrete, which
Had used both cement
And tar to create a
Permanent seal.
They used bankrun gravelsoil
To cover the aircrete
And when dried they soothed
The surface with
A high quality concrete.
Ten inches thick in a
Reinforced concrete layer
Filled with sand and stone
The rooftop for the hobbit
House. A masterpiece
Beautiful, at a fraction of
The cost
Lumberyard scrap walls
Encompasses the concrete
Mass. Lumber, scorned and
Oiled.
The hobbit house on a rises
Slab, affordable under what
Is recognition for best budget
Living standards.
Friends and family unite to
Make the cost more affordable.
They called it
Allusvain Sandite
The layer beneath
The sircrete, which
Had used both cement
And tar to create a
Permanent seal.
They used bankrun gravelsoil
To cover the aircrete
And when dried they soothed
The surface with
A high quality concrete.
Ten inches thick in a
Reinforced concrete layer
Filled with sand and stone
The rooftop for the hobbit
House. A masterpiece
Beautiful, at a fraction of
The cost
Lumberyard scrap walls
Encompasses the concrete
Mass. Lumber, scorned and
Oiled.
The hobbit house on a rises
Slab, affordable under what
Is recognition for best budget
Living standards.
Friends and family unite to
Make the cost more affordable.
They called it
Allusvain Sandite
The layer beneath
The sircrete, which
Had used both cement
And tar to create a
Permanent seal.
They used bankrun gravelsoil
To cover the aircrete
And when dried they soothed
The surface with
A high quality concrete.
Ten inches thick in a
Reinforced concrete layer
Filled with sand and stone
The rooftop for the hobbit
House. A masterpiece
Beautiful, at a fraction of
The cost
Lumberyard scrap walls
Encompasses the concrete
Mass. Lumber, scorned and
Oiled.
The hobbit house on a rises
Slab, affordable under what
Is recognition for best budget
Living standards.
Friends and family unite to
Make the cost more affordable.
They called it
Allusvain Sandite
The layer beneath
The sircrete, which
Had used both cement
And tar to create a
Permanent seal.
They used bankrun gravelsoil
To cover the aircrete
And when dried they soothed
The surface with
A high quality concrete.
Ten inches thick in a
Reinforced concrete layer
Filled with sand and stone
The rooftop for the hobbit
House. A masterpiece
Beautiful, at a fraction of
The cost
Lumberyard scrap walls
Encompasses the concrete
Mass. Lumber, scorned and
Oiled.
The hobbit house on a rises
Slab, affordable under what
Is recognition for best budget
Living standards.
Friends and family unite to
Make the cost more affordable.
They called it
Allusvain Sandite
The layer beneath
The sircrete, which
Had used both cement
And tar to create a
Permanent seal.
They used bankrun gravelsoil
To cover the aircrete
And when dried they soothed
The surface with
A high quality concrete.
Ten inches thick in a
Reinforced concrete layer
Filled with sand and stone
The rooftop for the hobbit
House. A masterpiece
Beautiful, at a fraction of
The cost
Lumberyard scrap walls
Encompasses the concrete
Mass. Lumber, scorned and
Oiled.
The hobbit house on a rises
Slab, affordable under what
Is recognition for best budget
Living standards.
Friends and family unite to
Make the cost more affordable.
reinforced concrete curves over stone ~ props up fresh air inside a dome
COMPLETE
cannot compete
with dead ends of deceit
weary from taking the backseat
for now I offer bittersweet defeat
headbashing reinforced concrete
browbeating dusty sheets
heartbeat delete
COMPLETE
© Kim van Breda—3 January 2016
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