the karma of pride

you know that tree the neighbour hates?
the other tree.
the other neighbour.
the one i vowed to let grow wild because it's mine.
the one i said would never get her way.

well, directly under it is a pipe and that pipe is cracked.
and i guess i have to dig it up and replace it cause if i don't,
sooner or later
there'll be a sewage backup down in my basement -

the one place that's really mine and no one else's.