the bumpy tree
By Jamie B
Published 20 September 2022
From a distance… I see the rough bumpy surface like a dented car. I hear a loud VROOM VROOM! Of a lawn mower cutting all of the little blades of grass on the oval along with the leaves rustling and dancing around in the wild wind.
Close up… I feel a hard rough surface brushing against me. I smell eucalyptus with all of the broken-up leaves on the ground looking like hundreds of graves were dug up.
Above me… I see hundreds of leaves rustling around and brushing up against the gigantic brown tree. I hear birds chirping like they were lost ready for their mother to feed them.
Below me… I feel the big roots below me along with the rocky surface. I see the sloped surface with roots sticking out everywhere like a tree has exploded, sticking all through the ground.