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"Who gave you such a
frivolous sounding name,"
"Loblolly?"
"I'll bet they had no
inclination of all you hold,"
"By Golly!"
"Did they think of how
you are green when all else is,"
"Winter dried as parchment?"
"How your colored
branches reach to the highest heights,"
"When, where have all the flowers went?"
"A common, homely space
has become, respectable,"
"If it's all the same to you?"
"A reminder of what a
sense of humor someone had,"
"Let us see forever's view."
"Ole pine, I've enjoyed
every day of our life together,"
"Me on the ground, and you touching into the
weather."
Maybe this is the
reason for the frivolity,
"Is your name obviously for the jolly?"
"I won't worry or question you further, Loblolly." |
