Backroad Devastation in the Hedgerows (Injured Old Man) 

I saw an old man today... covered in ivy, his upper limbs hacked away... only his torso showing. He was buried in the ground up to his hips . His hair stood on end. The last look on his face was that of shock. I stopped to listen as he said... "I stood here for many years"... the last words breathed from his injured trunk. He stand forever now, the long green fronds his leafy backdrop.