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