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Consider the Pear
Largo pianissimo
Per Cristo Gesu
From gnarled boughs,
Where sun, long months, has labored
To endow, with firm,
Pale ivory flesh,
There shiver, in the waning
Rays of afternoon, rich yellow pears,
That hide their treasure
Beneath a canopy of green,
Round which roll the heavens,
In their everlasting turn,
Warm, honeyed daylight,
Chill firmament of stars,
Consider the pear,
Dehiscent, whose flowers, once
Pollened by the suitor bees,
Long failed, are now fulfilled,
Their fruit, yielding, falling,
Waiting to be gathered,
Pared, consumed,
Pure feast of God’s immortal gift.
For Frérè Laurent Chapman O.S.B.
August 25, 2005
Sun Valley
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