- Just Yonder
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- The tree in the field provided
shade
- For those that were hot and under
it laid
- Or stood by their pony to loosen
its cinch
- In the days before cars on the
horses did pinch
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- That tree had been planted as part
of a plan
- To have wood for a house or hold
back the wind
- it grew in a cut of land where
water could draw
- amongst its leaves you could hear
the crows caw
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- or see branches in winter etched
against sky
- and in late summer hear cicadas
strange cry
- a farming immigrant planted the
tree
- and it grew in a place where it
could be free
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- it never sat close to a building
or shed
- always "just yonder" for the
wayfaring bed
- there was something about it
friendly and warm
- it had never drawn lightning under
a storm
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- the land it grew from had changed
owners a lot
- from roads and highways it escaped
being caught
- then a guy bought the land and
claimed that old tree
- an historic relic that his great
grandfather did see
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- it had been planted and tended by
that man long ago
- a person who stood up to the wind
as she'd blow
- he knew that old tree would stay
through the years
- and so his great grandson for him
shed some tears
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