Fresh Trees

Their fragrance always fills the air

Around this time of year

But in this time of Covid,

I thought they would not appear.

 

Yet on my morning walk I was

Quite taken by surprise

To see a row of Christmas trees

Propped up before my eyes.

 

“Fresh Trees!” the sign announced

To all the people walking past.

I always wonder just how long

That “fresh” is meant to last.

 

I’m not a Christmas person

So I’d never buy a tree.

Still, the normalcy of seeing them

Felt wonderful to me.