UP A TREE
A man climbed
Up a tree
To keep it from being moved
"Crazy!" they said
"He must be nuts!"
(This tree they wanted to kill.)
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He knew this tree
Would not survive
Though the experts said
"It will!"
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I, too, wanted to climb
Up your tree
To keep you from being moved
Of course I had
Other motives
(Like the fact I can't live without you.)
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But I also knew
You could not survive
Without . .
my light
my earth
my water
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(Though the experts said you'd thrive.)
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But I did not climb
Up your tree
For fear of being called
"Nuts!
Surely this man
Has lost his mind
He's acting like a squirrel!"
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So off you went
They transplanted you
Your roots to grasp
New soil
They needed you
To serve their needs
They needed you to find
New oil.
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And my needs?
What of them, I say
To national security
Secondary.
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I guess that I'll
Just go nuts
And climb up a tree.
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