The trunk grows at an angle fat and thin in places
It bulges and curves like the human body almost as gracious
The wide dark speckled flecks are it's skin between the gnarls
And the mottled swollen openings it's scars
Come spring thick blossom will invade and compete with the new leaf
it will invade the air and our senses with it's delicate aroma but briefly
Overt signals that abundance will come as the days lengthen
Yet will it's structure stand firm under the yield the season sends?
Come the summer the leaves and cherries will fill it's boughs
The disproportionate branches that form limbs as if muscle bound
may not be able to take the entire weight when the summer fruit speaks
and the trees supports will bend and creak unless the cherry pickers reach their peak
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