Chain saw roars to life

Leaves flutter to earth

Twigs tumble to the planet

Branches severed in strife

Thud when they hit the ground

More branches come down

Higher and higher cuts the saw

Whining a tree’s death sound

No more branches shield the sky

Slicing through the trunk

Chunks crash to the lawn

Birds, homeless, wonder why

Roaring chain saw

Cuts to the stump

Everything hauled away

There ought to be a law

Beautiful tree reduced to memory

replaced by two for victory