practise in hypocrisy
come inside and take off your jacket
shred your dirty bits of road
come inside and sit by the fire
come inside and lighten your load.
don't you get tired of the singers and the sweepers
and the good-deed doers
and the helpers and the givers
and the goody two-shoers?
don't you wish these cedar-few
would drop all their bark and their needles too
and come and join the human crew?
and on that day, would you come too?