A tall tree stands in the forest
It has survived through the beatings of Father Time

Its leaves intact
its bark briskly staying in its place

the moss climbs up the tree
weaving through the cracks
smiling all the way

The apes from the future make plans
plans for the tree

The tree must fall
The tree must fall

The apes rev up their machines
the smell of gasoline chokes the forest

As the saw rips through the aging Redwood
A sense of mourning makes its way through the surrounding area

not by the apes
not by the chainsaw

but by the animals
and the trees

The redwood slowly crawls into the blazing hole in the horizon
the forest weeps the loss of its magnificent trophy

The tree, now dead, slides across a belt
Dead ahead, a slicer

On the other side of the death machine, nobody knows
Nobody that is a tree will never know

Splinters fly as the amazing redwood is sliced and diced
cut into bite-sized pieces

bite-sized pieces for a monstrous demon

slowly they work their way through the maze of strange machines

taking shape
taking shape into unknown forms

A cylinder? No!
An oval? No!

Pain enters each slice
each cut extracts the pain

slowly, slowly...
grooves are cut into the sides

It is sanded
It is buffed

It is painted
It is enough

they file, one by one,
into colourful, plastic containers

The containers may be happy
but the product is weeping

On shelves they stand
one by one

Awaiting the grubby, chubby fingers of wide-eyed children
abusing them, swinging them

smashing them against hard, rock-like objects
what a horrifying end to a wonderful tree...

A boy in his teens catches an eye
this one looks normal, it thinks

Not chubby,
Not ugly

It's a perfect companion

As long as it doesn't have to hit anything
it will be happy

The box is lowered from the shelves by the boy,
he hands over money to the man at the table.

They make their way outside, the boy awfully excited
The object smiles

What a great life
This child is perfect

The object is ripped out of the package at a local arcade
The last thing it sees before hitting a hard substance

Are the words
'TEE BALL BAT! $14.99!'