every onehundred years

“Woody Guthrie explains how every 100 years he will clean himself. Then he will continue on till another 100 years. The leaves will still grow fast and the trees will still grow slow. Then he asks how big he will grow in 100 years. So he takes his shovel and digs. Noticing as years go by how big of a hole he knocked in.”

I think this is the message he is sending:

Every 100 years man will wash his face and hands leaving dirt and sin on his feet that would leave a trail every day. The leaves are the people (because the produce fast) and the earth is the tree. Then he asks how big he will grow. I could interpret this to how big will we grow in 100 years due to our footsteps. Lastly the message is if we use our technology and destroy the land we would cause one hell of a problem

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