Tree Funeral
At the tree funeral
you will find no one
reading from the Good Book.
There will be trees sawed off
and giant vehicles
taking them away to be
cut down further and shaped
into houses, chairs,
pencils, paper, and books.
Some are cleared away to
make mansions and golf
courses, to the chagrin
of nesting birds, squirrels,
and other dwellers
of trees. The funeral
goes on daily and not
many attend the
wake, still asleep, without
thinking of the future.
If the forests of
the world disappear, soon
we will go next, and our
final resting place
will have no shade from trees.
Luis Cuauhtémoc Berriozábal lives in California and works in Los Angeles. His poems, art, and photographs have appeared in Blue Collar Review, Escape Into Life, Medusa's Kitchen, and Yellow Mama Webzine. His most recent poetry book, Make the Water Laugh, was published by Rogue Wolf Press. Luis recommends St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.