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My home

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It is true I am sorely old

and that my shoes are now poorly soled

and that I think often of Bangkok and Calgary, 

but between you and me

this was the tree

that was mistook for growing apples


So goodbye tree

and goodbye honey bee

I've seen how your branches have grown

goodbye dusty stone

plus every breeze blown

I will miss their loving rattles

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I'm going to be honest with you, the poem made me tear up a bit--did you write this? It's fantastic.  I am such a fan of your little characters. I love the one reading Moby Dick.... and I love "S.S. Tub" :). The face on the tree, too.  I love all the little details.  

It reminds me of my old house.  It was a tiny little house that was propped up on top of a garage (I only lived in the second floor), but there was a tree that grew right next to it, and since the house was so small it just looked like it was sitting in the tree... so I called it my "tree house".