Would you betray a maple for its shade –
deny yourself the cool comfort of dim light,
sweet woodruff and fern, ground ivy,
violet in spring? Columbine refuses
full sun. Your languors burn, blister
and peel with each maliced stroke
of a chainsaw.
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Sweet and Bitter Greens 
A druid at heart, I see? Trees are our friends.
Thank you! Yes they are! D