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A Clumsy Sonnet in Praise of a Neighbor’s Chainsaw
- from an idea suggested by Ingrid
A pine tree fell on Eldon’s bob-wire fence
And I showed up to help in some small way
The branches and needles were thick and dense
The ponies and horses galloped over to play
When Eldon fired up his manly chainsaw
The limbs and needles then shivered in terror
The ponies and horses backed away in awe -
Eldon blitzkrieged that tree, and that’s no error
For when a tree gets crossways of a Stihl
The tensile strength of a woody cell wall
Can never stand against the woodman’s skill -
Down must come branches and needles and all
But the ponies and horses realized too late
They’d have to go back behind the fence and gate!
(I have no connection with the rugged Stihl; I use this effective backyard electric Oregon):
