The Mighty Trees Role (Ode to a Tree)

20 tons of very capable machinery swinging thru the air, with clamps like the jaws of a t-rex reaching-down and grabbing
the long trees that have been felled by the wood-cutter to
put in the queue to be cut into various lengths to become
frame-work for a house for me or you
It grabs them and picks them up with a gentle grace that somehow
around all this noise and business seems out of place
It then sets them down on the belt ready for the saw, to cut them and send them on their way to every phase of the job
Spinning them round and round, at quick revolution till all the bark from the tree lays now lifeless on the ground
But is it now, really life-less, is there nothing left, my guess is now yes, since the bark has been skinned from the tree leaving
it's inside exposed, like skin from a body stripped, leaving its skeleton visible to open-air
But on its way thru the process it gets cut down to different sizes; 20 foot, 18 foot, 16, 14, 12, 10 or 8, it's very interesting to see what kind of abode that this tree, once a habitat for wild-life, for a human will now make
Some gets planed, some for lamination, some still cut into 5/32nds
to be a veneer for a coffee table or bookshelf
But for whatever reason, this tree is a fine representation of serving many purposes: from 1 comes many things to contribute to life and it all begins with the wood-cutters axe, saw-blade or knife