there was a lovely tree in the yard at the back of our house. a lovely sinewy and tall mango tree.            Â
one day in the morning we were woken to the sound of a thousand parrots in uproar.
they were hawing the tree down. we watched the whatever you call it uproot the tree. the roots we’re pulled out.
the parrots displaced.
we wondered about why they cut the tree down. the parrots found another home.
this morning we woke up to the sound of a humming drill. a shed with an asbestos cover
stood in its place.
my old school had a bicycle shed like that.