Sycamore Gap
Sycamore Gap
Why did the boy cut the tree down?
Maybe because he started to say something once
But his father cut him off
(from then on he carried an invisible ax).
Maybe because she laughed when he asked her.
(she was only nervous, unused to being asked).
Maybe because he wanted to feel what it felt
Like to kill something that couldn’t cry out
(though it did cry out).
Maybe because he wanted to count the rings
(three hundred and seven).
Maybe because infamy is the new fame
(we’ll soon know his name).
Maybe
(and this is the most terrifying reason)
Like Hillary said when asked why
He’d climbed Everest
Because it was there.