dying for Chrtistmas

December 2, 2008

evergreen-in-night-snow.jpg

The tree we cut
and carried
into our home

the one
we shackled
then
trimmed

sang to
then
toasted

now lies
in the gutter

her
hooks
and tinsel
riffling on the wind


photo by: Matthew Drumright

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2 Responses to “dying for Chrtistmas”

  1. Johnny Peepers's avatar Johnny Peepers Says:

    December 3, 2008 at 12:25 am

    Preach on soldier. I see the poor adolescent sapling as the crucified sacrifice on the altar of the Christian Redeemer complex. Why should these Gaian arbor soldiers be forcefully uprooted, sold to the soulless materialists, and crucified in a dying room ceremony? They have souls.

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  2. qazse's avatar qazse Says:

    December 3, 2008 at 11:46 am

    Over 100 million of these soldiers are severed from mother earth each year. It seems ironic that we have a non profit organization dedicated to planting trees.

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