The Thief Of The Tree Poem by Margaret O Driscoll

The Thief Of The Tree



Mistletoe's root-like haustoria
delve deep into the host tree
Pilfering it's water and nutrients
gaining some of it's food for free

It's host tree is duped into nurturing
the perceived tree tissue
Several mistletoe parasites
the host tree's health is an issue

Drought saps it's host tree's resources
in a year of prolonged hot weather
The unwitting host tree succumbs
they both then die together

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