Miscellaneous Thoughts Surrounded by tall trees I sit and write About the fountain's walls and water white; With flowing sound inspiring my delight At forces working which I cannot fight. The buildings which stand taller than the trees Have often set my blood to slowly freezing; But here I sit and listen to the breeze And ask myself why buildings fail to please. I know, because I feel it in my butt, That ponds were made by which we all could rutt; But men invented something called a slut Whose nature from the sun her role has cut.