From the collection And Don’t Come Back, from 2021.
I Enjoy My Indignation
and I Indulge It Whenever I Can
Extreme too many leaves on that tree
blotting out the sun
in the one little summer moment
that we will be allowed
this year. I couldn’t say how many
leaves. Look at it. Greedy bloat excess
Anything more modern than a grabby tree
is there I don’t know of it and how anyone
stands for a tree to be like that
I don’t know and it makes me confused
as to how it seems to have so much
just at the time when we have so little
Greedy green leaves sky-grasping branches
twigs that scrape away at the sun
and you say what?
Set out a couple of chairs? And what?
Sit in the shade? What?
4/7/20
Claudia McGill Writes Poetry, Did You Know That? 
I really like the sudden puncturing of that indignant tone at the end when the narrator realizes the very thing they resent could be beneficial.
Some people complain about everything. And I sometimes enjoy the ridiculousness of it.
That really made me smile! Greedy green leaves… etc. Made me reflect on how differently people see trees and foliage – some love the shade, some love the sun, the light and the views. Here, holiday people want views, residents want shelter from the wind. We have such different needs, at different times. Wonderful poem Claudia. You have a great way with words!
Thank you. I’m intrigued by how different people respond to the same thing in varied ways. In any situation. I guess I’m one of life’s observers and I love to write about what I see.
– and you do it so well!
Thank you!