h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

While waiting for the train
I was watching
two trees
growing side by side

One was carrying leaves
The other needles
One had a slender white trunk
The other a rough dark one

The birch
was groing straight up
always aiming for the sky

The pine
had started out the same
until its Lebensraum was invaded

Two thirds up
it was leaning away, avoiding
the tickling twigs of the birch

And I realized
that pines are ticklish
and birches are not

Are they really?!?

You going to the London meet? I am !

Milla

Hi Ti. Hope you find time to post more often. We miss you.
And hope you're finally sleeping better.

We don't have a lot of pines in my area. Mostly fir and cedar. And lots of deciduous hardwoods.

That made me smile, thanks T

That's a lovely twisty conclusion

Actually, it reminded me not a little of the ones that Danish poet Piet Hein used to make. Which indeed is meant as a compliment!

And I second the thought that it's good seeing a post from your hand

Oh, Titania, that is a marvelous piece of work. It works on so many levels, not the least of which is as an analogy of types of people. Have you ever noticed those 'coarse' individuals out there do tend to shy away from contact, even though they could stand to have it? Since the pine is an evergreen, never changing its 'moods', perhaps that speaks volumes for people who understand the value of a variety of emotions to fit the changing 'seasons' in their lives. Also, in reaching for a goal, it behooves people to be able to 'mesh' just a bit to attain it together, rather than veering off in undesired directions.

Okay, yeah, you got me to thinking and analyzing. What else did you intend to portray by this poem?

B4ipesteryou4moreverses

Lovely!