The Man Who Hated Trees

He's a barber.

He's a lumberjack.

He's a tree expert.

He's a cafeteria manager.

Line 25: "You lived for days with the buzz of his chainsaw."

Lines 29-30: "Two pecan trees that had taken half-a-century to rise now stood like Mohawk Indians, shorn."

Line 24: "That tree touches the rain gutter."

Line 14-15: "he wanted / to make those customers stumps."

Line 25: "You lived for days with the buzz of his chainsaw."

Lines 29-30: "Two pecan trees that had taken half-a-century to rise now stood like Mohawk Indians, shorn."

Line 24: "That tree touches the rain gutter."

Line 14-15: "he wanted / to make those customers stumps."

Lines 39-40: "What stories did he tell himself, this patriot of springtime,"

Line 25: "You lived for days with the buzz of his chainsaw."

Line 24: "He joked about running over cats / as the last chinaberry crashed."

Lines 37-38: "as the truck came to gather arms and legs, / fingers waving their last farewell."

Lines 35-36: "He joked about running over cats / as the truck came to gather arms and legs,"

Lines 29-30: "Two pecan trees that had taken half-a-century to rise now stood like Mohawk Indians, shorn."

Lines 13-14: "He was cutting down whole bodies / from the feet up,"

Lines 19-20: "I don't like blossoms, too much mess./Trees take up the sky."

Lines 20-21: "Trees take up the sky. / It's my light, why share it?"

Line 26: "searing off the last little branches of neighborly affection."

Lines 36-38: "as the last chinaberry crashed, / as the truck came to gather arms and legs, / fingers waving their last farewell."

Line 29: "Two pecan trees that had taken half-a-century to rise."

sad and reflective

angry and bitter

apathetic and cold

content and satisfied

Lines 1-3

Lines 32-33

Line 35

Lines 39-40

Line 3

Line 13

Line 21

Line 26

The man likely doesn't have any good reasons for chopping down the trees on his property.

If you don't keep them in check, trees can cause all kinds of damage to one's property.

Having less trees in one's neighborhood actually prevents crime.

The man cuts things all day for a living that he can't help himself when het gets home.