. . . tree philosophy . . .

. . . first, throw a bunch 

of extra strings of white lights 

at the tree . . .

. . . try hard not to use bad language

 because it's nine years old 

and there are so many dark spots . . . 

. . . replace all burned out 

red globe lights 

{about twenty of them} 

because they're even older 

than the tree . . .

. . . sort through all 

the plasticky, 

shatterproofish, 

red and white ornaments . . .

. . . make sure they're super-sized . . . 

. . . that way it doesn't take 

very many of them . . .

. . . stuff and cram them 

in between the branches . . .

. . . wire hooks optional . . .

. . . they really don't hang . . .

. . . then stand back and squint . . .

. . . everything looks better 

when you stand back and squint! . . .