Speed of Paradise

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The cherry tree's short silhouette

Inlines the harebrained sky

Its spilt dull red of last year's wine

A portent of a thund'rous morn

The day grows close; the dusk arises

The crescent moon just flashes by

A shaky laundry bag of rain

Whips up the gloomy earthen sod

But clouds, they pale; the jetstream billows

The shadows dance beneath the sun

The greening trees befriend the sky

And shade the rustling underbrush

A lazy river stands still in summer

The cherry tree upon its coast

The water is peach in rays of dawn

Then azure, tan; then maple syrup

Twin maple seeds converge on it

A parting carpet from upstream

Some draw submerged ever so slowly

And hide 'neath gurgling jam of peach

Others drift far beneath the willows

And coat the curling water's edge

Some bushy bison wander near

They drink and make the debris twirl

The sea's insane, raving, wild

A thousand waveforms locked alight

A hundred leagues away it frothes

As birds fly, pterodactyls too

But jam's no swallow, bat, or mammal

It runs as fast as paradise

Eternal, clever, comfortable

Through groves and fields and wild brush