The Saltpeter Tree

You'd think this was a tricky subject but what it actually is is a mistake. And this is what happens when your hearing starts to fail. I find out later that the name of the tree was actually Salt Cedar Tree. I was washing dishes when I heard the comment about the Saltpeter Tree on a t.v. program and I'm thinking to myself, 'hmm, I didn't know that saltpeter was a tree.' I assumed saltpeter was dug out of a salt mine or maybe concocted in a laboratory. The longer I live it seems the less I know. I'm not even sure what saltpeter is, let alone what it does. I know I could google saltpeter but do I really want to? Let's face it, at this point in my life do I care? I've lived without saltpeter so far so I'm thinking I can go the rest of the way without it. And that's what I'll do. That Salt Cedar Tree wasn't very pretty anyway.