Shout out to my favourite tree in Cavan town

Urban bonsai. Nice.

A POEM IN DEEP ADMIRATION FOR THOSE BRILLIANT GREEN AND BUSHY PLANTS WHICH SOMEHOW MANAGE TO GROW OUT OF THE SIDES OF BUILDINGS VERY HIGH UP EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO SOIL WHATSOEVER UP THERE AND GOD ALONE KNOWS HOW THEY GET THEIR ROOTS INTO THOSE TEENCHY CRACKS IN THE BRICKWORK

My dear green and bushy plants,
during my black and barren periods
when the only thing I wish to do
is fall asleep and never wake up again
I wander around Dublin City
looking towards the tops
of incredibly high buildings
and when I see you sprouting out
of a truly impossible place
where you have no right to be
I quietly murmur – “If you guys
can make it up there
well maybe perhaps down here
I can cling on too.”
Thank you.

in “If You Don’t Tell Anyone I Won’t”, 1996
Pat Ingoldsby

Stop blowing smoke up its arse will ya!

It’s a Chimtree!

Gotta give us an update in 5 years to see his progress