A Dirty Tree

The Birch in my backyard is a very dirty tree

It drops several waves of stuff every spring

Seeds

Fruit

Snakey things

I don’t really know what they all are

But they drop in and on everything

And in the fall there are the leaves

And for all the trouble I am caused

I don’t blame the wind

Or Aphids

Or el nino

I blame the tree

Which is why

I should do something when my daughter pushes my son into the wall

Or one of them throws food

Or jumps on the couch

I don’t want to be

A dirty tree