Haikus to Trees
Water Oak definition from Dictionary.com
water oak
Oak \Oak\ ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and staminate flowers in catkins. The fruit is a smooth nut, called an acorn, which is more or less inclosed in a scaly involucre called the cup or cupule. There are now recognized about three hundred species, of which nearly fifty occur in the United States, the rest in Europe, Asia, and the other parts of North America, a very few barely reaching the northern parts of South America and Africa. Many of the oaks form forest trees of grand proportions and live many centuries. The wood is usually hard and tough, and provided with conspicuous medullary rays, forming the silver grain.
2. The strong wood or timber of the oak.
Notice that it says nothing about them having shallow roots and falling over with the lightest storm; information I didn't know until one dropped through my roof. I used to like trees. Then, one fell on my house during Hurricane Frances. Things were getting better, and we had one tree chopped down so it couldn't fall on the house with Hurricane Ivan. And then, the tree that looked stronger than the rest lept to its death on my power lines and scraped my neighbors house. I've been without power for five days with just this most recent tree. To them, and other evil water oaks, I offer these terrible haikus.
Die, die, die, die, die,
Evil oak tree, I hate thee
Die, die, die, die, die.
Evil water oak,
I wish I had dynamite
to blow you away.
Accursed oak trees,
I wish you would go away.
I hate the oak trees.