Tree man, Life in the woods

The tree man. Coming to a park near you.

Morris Liverman was a normal kid growing up in the suburbs. He liked to read books and watch cartoons. He especially loved reading “The Lorax” and watching re-runs of “Captain Planet”.  He started telling his class mates to recycle instead of throwing away old cans. He tried to convince his parent’s to start a compost pile. He petitioned his local congressman to vote for green energy. Morris started getting called vulgar names at school like “Hippy”, “greener” and “Tree hugger”. While in some places and times these might be seen as compliments, in Texas, they are as bad as getting called a one-legged dog.

When his parent’s turned on his earthy ways, this gave Morris’ passion enough fuel to burst from a candle to a raging conflagration.  “I knew that if so many people were against me, I must be on the verge of genius” related Morris. “Just look at all those famous dark age guys like Galileo. Nobody wanted to change, but it turns out they were right in the end.” The only problem was, none of Morris’ efforts had any results. His parent’s didn’t start a compost pile, his friends just threw their cans at him, and the congressman sent him a signed “thank you for voting” pin.  So he turned to his old friends, children’s environmental propaganda. He had no way of coming out of a tree stump like the Lorax, nor super powers like the captain. “I figured, if I make a costume like Captain-P and hang out near trees like the Lorax, something good has to happen, you know?”

Mr. Liverpool set off on his own to begin inhabiting forests. After a few long and lonely years, the only thing he learned was that not that many people venture deep into forests, and those who do are either hunters or hikers. They didn’t want to hurt the trees; they wanted to hang out in them too. The result of these years? A couple facebook posts from hikers and hunters about a crazy guy. “I needed to get around more people, but I didn’t have any money or place to stay. So, like anybody would, I started living in public parks”

Not unlike the ‘piggy-back bandit’ Morris is starting to becoming internet famous. He is traversing the contiguous United States as one park after another evicts and rejects him. Final statements from Morris Liverman as to how he feels about this: “I know I am making an impact! I know that I am making the world a better place.”