who murdered the old tree
at 585 New South Head Rd Rose Bay?
cannot imagine (snigger )
with the tree blocking out
some of the harbour view
across the road
providing shade and aesthetics
it cost millions to breathe
the air in this beautiful
location studded with extraordinarily ugly
tasteless expensive architecture
does the council hope to shame
the persons concerned into owning up?
( LOL )
but not concerned enough to erect a structure
(as they do in Byron Bay)
to replace the poisoned tree
being only removed
when the newly planted replacement tree
reaches the height and expanse of the original tree
very effective solution
even the mega rich with their preference
for only one tree - the greased palm
would prefer an existing tree
to a structure of shade cloth
omg...the photo is an absolute shocker...what a world we will leave behind!!...great lines...
ReplyDeletedeep concern for trees is great awareness and must be appreciated- I believe poets can help keep the forests safe and alive
ReplyDeleteI hope so!
DeleteMoney talks, dirty money curses.
ReplyDeleteGreasy palms indeed...we never do anything quite so proactive here...sigh
ReplyDeleteLove the anger that sets off this satirical tale! Both rage and irony come across as nature is destroyed to preserve the sellable view of nature. Gosh! My ancient maple that had to come down was poisoned by the telephone company who came through to inject the roots of trees near the wires in order to "minimize" the trees' growth. Trying to approach this legally exhausted me, so I ended up forking up the $2000. it cost to cut down the dead and dangerous tree--the center of this neighborhood's beauty. It took the tree 8 years to die.
ReplyDeleteI like the euphemism "minimise" the tree's growth. Well it sure did that.! You should have put a banner up shaming the telephone co. as poisoners and had prayer vigils around the tree with candles ...maybe press coverage as well.,,although the laws may be different over there and you could have found yourself wearing one of those orange uniforms as a consequence:) $ 2000 ! ..you could have had a luxury holiday in the South Pacific for that price.
ReplyDeleteAmazing the things that go on in this world. We poison our environment and think we're not poisoning ourselves. Thank you for this post. It made me sad, as well as Susan's comments about her tree.
ReplyDeleteHopefully, people will wake up in time to realize the crazyness of killing trees.
A powerful write indeed....this is utterly sad. Trees should be protected not poisoned. :-(
ReplyDeleteI am shocked to hear that the trees are being poisoned. That jsut blows my mind.
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness, trees being poisoned and basically euthanized by the telephone company.........how appalling. Yes, money talks. Argh. Great write. Thanks for shedding light on this situation.
ReplyDeleteLet's poison all trees and then see what view we shall enjoy...
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