A suit to compensate a tree.

    A suit whose claim in tort is prest

    Upon a mangled tree's behest;

    A tree whose battered trunk was prest

    Against a Chevy's crumpled crest;

    A tree that faces each new day

    With bark and limb in disarray;

    A tree that may forever bear

    A lasting need for tender care.

    Flora lovers though we three,

    We must uphold the court's decree.