A poem for Twelfth Night

[MAE27]

Sad Tree
 
Your sparkly baubles dangle,  
Sad droopy tree, ... shades of Keats's 'In drear nighted December, too happy happy tree'? like the allusion, whether intended or not
Your star is staring down,
On a needle sea.
 
On a naked new year’s day,. why is the new year's day naked? 
We strip you bare,
Though maids still milk, ...can't see how maids milking is connected to anything in the poem.
We do not care. ...see above
 
We drag you, ...you are getting into the tree's demise too soon...see below
Through corridors,
Down stairs,
Bump after thud,
Disfigured.

To leave you,
Forgotten, ...I have not invested enough emotion into the tree to empathise with it. It is not familiar enough to me. I will not miss it. Its being forgotten doesn't make a difference to me. As a reader, you're losing me at this point.
Undistinguishable,..weak abstraction 
And entangled,
In a pile of sad trees. ..nice

nice idea overall. but yeah, the tree dies too soon in the poem.

Thanks for your comments! This was about taking down the Xmas tree on new years day and dragging it out of a block of flats (violently) to leave by the roadside for collection (in the UK councils collect Xmas trees and they pile up on the roadside). The maids milking refers to the 12 days of Xmas and the day the tree is disposed of even though the 12 days are not over. I think you are right about working on this so that the reader feels ready to sympathise with the tree. I guess I can expand on the connect we have with these trees we decorated, feel comforted by through the festive period and then dispose of.

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Very clear.

I get the 'usage' of the tree. It is very easy to understand and apply this idea of usage to other components of life.  However the title of 'Sad tree' may be a little too clear, I believe that there is room for development. This tree to me is not just a sad tree, but one of many sad trees.

"In a pile of sad trees." What caused the tree to be sad? Was it sad from the beginning or was it that it only took 3 glasses of wine for Wayno's (some random character I just made up) mother in law to snarl at him causing a family fracas? Is it by design that this tree and trees before it are this way, or is it the product of some repetitive process?

Thanks for your comments, which I have addressed in some ways in the reply to the comment below. I think the tree represents all Xmas trees and all the joy and sadness they witness throughout the festive period. It's also about endings too. I think you are right about that the title could be better.