Three from London

Push and hold down the plastic button.  Watch as the screen goes blank.  A few hiccups, a bit of pain.  Reset.

History is funniest when you read it in a bathroom.  Kings and men and dogs all with inextinguishable pride and hypocrisy.  Silly guidebooks and crumbling walls and buildings full of artwork.

My Tree will save the world.  I pray that I can hold her hand as she burns bright.  I dream of carrying her in my arms when she wilts.  My Tree has saved me.