Excerpt from Love and Kisses

Love and Kisses.

Picking Cherries.

The day was cloudless, bright and fair -
Sweet hum of insects filled the air,
While in the tree secure from harm,
Sat Maude, with basket on her arm, Picking cherries.

She sang, and picked with nimble speed,
Unconscious of the eager greed
Of such voracious birds as came
And filled their baskets - all the same - Picking cherries.

Towards the tree I, cautious, crept -
With hope that I might intercept
Her "highness" as she made descent,
While she continued, still intent, Picking cherries.

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