Fruitful Thought

I wonder if each pair of pears

     Which any pear tree bears

Are man and wife, or if they are

     Just simply friendly pears?

The prune tree too, it puzzles me,

     And has for many moons;

If I should prune the prune tree would

     It still be good for prunes?

And though I’m not a plumber I

     Have cogitated some,

Would any plum tree bear as well

     If it were out of plum?

Feb. 2, ‘07