The landlord, cut the tree down,
at the back of the garden.
The one that stood above the rest.
The mother of them all, I called it,
because it towered so high.
The landlord, cut the tree down,
at the back of the garden,
because the neighbors said its leaves
clogged the drains!
I don't know why, they decided,
it was this trees leaves that clogged the drains?
because there are so many trees
in the gardens here!
The landlord, cut the tree down,
at the back of the garden.
The one that towered above the rest -
That was here before the houses came.
So why is it, that the architects of the drain,
did not build a drain,
that leaves would not clog up?
The Tree Cut Down
London 2004 ©