I Want to Live!

Once there was a tree ...

who lived in a small dark corner of a front yard. The tree wanted to grow big and tall, but the trunk had been irreparably damaged before these owners moved in. 

Besides, the corner between the fences was too small. The branches started inching into the neighbor's yard to gather more light. And it patted the windows by their stairwell. The tree grew taller still, and climbed on the porch roof.

The owners said, "Uh, no. Good try, but no." 

For six months, the owners lopped off one branch at a time, cut the branches into small pieces, and put the bits in the "yard waste" container every two weeks, for the owners had no pickup truck to haul it whole to the dump.

Then came the winter rains. No more lopping. The tree waited. Moss covered the trunk.

In the Spring, the tree gave one last plea for its life.

"I want to live!"

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My apologies to Shel Silverstein and The Giving Tree.