Two Trees

TwoTrees

Two trees standing in the woods

Reading last night’s paper

An advertisement said auditions welcome

For a part at the Octagon theatre

The play was a chilling drama

Set in a cottage in the woods

There must be parts for us they thought

Young actors just in bud

But there were many others there

For the role of talking trees

Two soap stars who once had a hit

That charted at forty three

Action, then came the command

And all on stage were trees

Swaying gently in the wind

Creaking knotty knees

The soap stars stood & moaned & groaned,

Rooted to the spot,

The trees just rustled their autumn leaves

While others lost the plot

A voice then said, “we’ll let you know”,

“But could the soap stars stay behind please”

Then they were cast, above all others,

For being more wooden than the trees.