You`ll find all original short stories and poetic tales suitable as musical lyrics. Some items were written as far back at the 1970's!The otherwise non-descript book cover photograph depicts two "e;American Banzai"e; trees (NYC) which are from 1986, so that's 35 years ago ! If left to grow freely, this vegetation would grow to be much higher & larger than even the other tree in the background. Each tree is about 4.5 feet tall, and has been trimmed periodically since these were mere twigs. The "e;lesson"e; here is that we humans can 'control' to an extent, but nature per se remains as the overarching &"e;uncertain"e; factor.