Un saluto al mio albero preferito nella città di Cavan

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

Thats an expensive problem. Need to remove it brick by brick and rebuild it

Roots will ruin the stack and roof. Major problem incoming

A Cavan man wouldn’t remove it, because it might bear an apple some day.

How do you put lights on it at Christmas?

Love seeing these micro habitats holding out…

well, until the inevitable human fuckwit comes at it with some cancer spreading weed killer that is

Not me planning to search for this tree tomorrow 😂

Chimtree.