“by hatchet, axe and saw” (lyrics from “The Trees” by RUSH)

so the neighbors are extra

annoying today...

the little boy is screaming

  Ma! Ma! Ma! Ma!

until finally Ma answers

with an unpleasant scream

of her own,

and this continues on

I’ve decided that the

trees outside hate me

because they’ve ignored me

for so long, sitting here

begging for one of them

to crash its limbs in through

the window and pull me

out of this tiny torture room

I escape without moving

by donning my headphones

and listen to an old

RUSH song aptly titled

“The Trees”

I too would like to take a

hatchet, axe and saw to

certain voices in this world

that raise themselves up

higher than all the others

it would be a pleasure

to chop certain people

down to a size that

more befits them

be they the

complaining maple

or the

towering oak