Body And Soul: After Charles Wright Poem by Frank Avon

The first two lines are a quote from Wright's 'Body and Soul.' But in my verse it refers to the literal porch light of our backdoor neighbor, who has cut all the trees from the hillside lawn that abuts ours. The neighbors on the other side have trimmed theirs share of the hill to an excess of neatness. Only our little slice, much smaller than both theirs is still preserved in its natural state. Even we have trimmed the underbrush, which is Asian honeysuckle, an invidious growth like kudzu. I've tried to import cherry trees and dogwood and redbud - to no avail. Gave up.