Woke this morning to all too familiar news,
The snarl of chainsaws cutting for the views.
Some say it’s just another old timber falling,
What one would expect with suburban space culling.
Others mourn an august presence getting the ax.
And who will it benefit? A few at max.
They may gain a little more sunshine,
But we see quality of life decline.
Why do most want to live in such localities
If not perhaps owing to their majestic trees?
It gives such a place an impression sublime
That it has been around for a good long time.
Would anybody really want the occasion
To experience more clear-cut exploitation?
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