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The Mango Tree

March 16, 2015
By TheBellroseFairy BRONZE, Miami, Florida
TheBellroseFairy BRONZE, Miami, Florida
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Favorite Quote:
&quot;The only things that are infinite in this world is the universe and human stupidity. And I&#039;m not sure about the former.&quot; -Albert Einstein<br /> &quot;Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.&quot; Don Marquis


Beneath the overbearing sun and into withered grass

they chance upon a dilapidated, neglected house.

 

Vines entangled the abode. The wood, rotten with termites,
gives shelter to abandoned animals nearby.

 

The pair, mother and child, stride down the path.
Their business lies not with the home, but with what’s behind it.

 

A lonely mango tree, grown
by its own ways of living, stands tall.

 

It’s fruit like
little shimmering rubies in the balmy light.
 



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