tree fall

Today I fell out of a tree
it sounds like an everyday occurance
but I can't remember the last time it happened
to me

I had just stopped off at the campus post
and picked up lovely letters from home
when i decided to climb the branches of an oblidging oak,
standing resolute in the midst of a wheat field

It was easy to surmount its branches
and delightful to sit and read
forgetting time and place
when I looked up I remembered
I had climbed a tree
and looked down to see
a great distance

The skyline was framed by the branches
and I wished my home could be in such a place
as this
but all good things must come to an end
so I began to descend

Fancy loafers are not the best for climbing trees
particularly when you are on your way down
I attempted to grasp a branch and swing to the ground below
but found my hands slip from their grasp
and I landed
plop

before I regained my bearings
I was laughing
who knew you could get wiplash from a tree fall
the rest is history