the dead one

around the block from the office, on the side of a parking lot a dead evergreen turned red and blue and beautiful. surrounded by regular green siblings it looks as if it came from a world with a different spectrum.
the needles are dry and sharp now, no longer dark and soft.
but it is beautiful.
just the way most trees will turn in the coming weeks.
except that this one will not return in the spring.
it will most likely just sit there.
until perhaps it is going to be replaced at some point.
but chances are it will not be.
for now it is perfect just the way it is.