Basket Tree

BASKET TREE

BY THEIR FRUIT YOU SHALL KNOW THEM
THEN WHAT DOES THIS TREE PORTEND
COVERED WITH BASKETS
PUT OUT TO DRY
WHAT ODD FRUIT
EACH ONE HAND MADE
EACH ONE DIFFERENT
EACH ONE WITH A TOUCH OF IMPERFECTION
YET EACH ONE BEAUTIFUL IN ITS OWN WAY
FROM PRIMITIVE TO ARTIST'S WORK
LIKE PEOPLE
SO WHAT SHALL WE PUT IN THEM
BUT ALL OUR DREAMS
AND ALL OUR STRIVING TO BECOME
THE QUALITY THE ANGEL WHISPERED IN OUR EAR AT BIRTH
BE JOYOUS HAPPY LOVING TRUTHFUL AND KIND
EVEN AT BIRTH WE KNEW THAT GOD WISHED US WELL
WHERE SHALL WE FIND A BASKET
BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD GOD'S LOVE
WE NEED A BIGGER TREE



FRANK A VOLLMER