FOREVERGREEN (Big Tree) By Del 'Abe' Jones

For thirty-five hundred years You've towered o'er this land Almost one hundred forty feet The great height that you stand. Fifty thousand board feet Of lumber, your trunk bears Some say, "That is awesome!" And there's some who say, "Who cares!" The top of you is hollow To catch the falling rain Like a well up in the Sky To quench your thirst again. Forty-seven feet around And eighteen feet across And if you died and fell It would be the people's loss. Big Tree, it seems such a shame That you must be fenced in To protect you from those who Would strip your branches and skin. I hope future generations Can stare at you in awe And that you won't fall victim to Man's poisons, or chain saw.

Copyright ©  Del "Abe" Jones 2005

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