[[!meta title="Kilmer 2008: First Runner-Up"]]
[[!meta date="2008-12-12T23:59:00"]]
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Trees 2008 by Edward A. Rueda, CC '05
(Sung to the tune of Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl")
This poem's not the way I planned — I wanted quaint pastoral But then those drinks went to my head, My written words turned oral. It's not what good poets do I lost all discretion, That nest of robins in your hair Caught my pen's attention.
I kissed a tree and I liked it — The taste of sap's excitin' I think I shall never see Anything quite as sexy. It felt so wrong It felt so right I loved my vegetables tonight! I kissed a tree and I liked it — I liked it.
Don't know your scientific name It doesn't matter You intimately live with rain Guess it's your nature. You look at God all day You lift your leafy arms to pray, My head gets so confused I want to roll in the hay.
I kissed a tree and I liked it — The taste of photosynthesis I think I shall never see Anything quite as sexy. Your mouth is pressed 'Gainst the earth's breast You know it makes me jealous! I kissed a tree and I liked it — I liked it.
Yes, trees are all so sensuous — Tall, thin with leaves deciduous Or seeds in cones coniferous Too good to deny it That tiny carbon footprint!
I kissed a tree and I liked it — The taste of snow on your tit I think I shall never see Anything quite as sexy. Poems are made By fools like me, But only God can make a tree. I kissed a tree and I liked it — I liked it!