Strange Tree
I thought I got a better picture of this, but this snap from the front seat of my old Ford Explorer will have to do. We again saw this solitary does-not-fool-anyone pine(?) on the Hutchison Parkway near the CT line on our trip down to NYC. There is another one up in the median of the highway just outside of Boston. Of course they are cell towers with fake branches. Blends right in with the other trees, eh? Actually, at this distance they look their best. As you get closer they look increasingly ugly since they are so obviously fake. I just wish I had a wise and witty statement about them, other than, "Why do they bother?" but if you can come up with any, please add a comment.
4 comments:
Yo Bob , mug a gumbo boy!
Out here on the left coast there are quite a few cell palm trees that actually work a little better.
The key is to place them with other trees or tall objects so they don't stand out.
There have been recent court cases that limit government power to restrict cell towers, so the trend toward cell trees , may fade.
You can see more of these absurd fake trees at http://www.fraudfrond.com
I think that I shall never see
A cell tower lovely as a tree
The opposite of "guild the lilly"
Is to make a tower look so silly
-SMB
SMB- Anon
I forgot to mention that your clever poem wins some sort of originality and apropos - ability award for the month.
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