Harken, fresh saplings on Easter morn!
To ensure your perennial resurrection
affirm your faith in the miracle of green
by repeating yearly this credo of renewal:
I believe unconditionally in
the one impossible truth
the two doors of perspicacity
the three windows of the unthinkable
the four corners of the boundless
the five pillars of insecurity
the six towers of pointlessness
the seven roads to the vanishing point
the eight capitals of bewilderment
the nine arenas of intrepidity
&
the ten palaces of impossible wisdom
wherein are kept
the original designs for the world’s trees
the original score for all birdsong
and the master blueprint for the first
explosion of springtime
Be true to this faith all your budding days
and ye shall branch blossom and be leafy
to the joy of all men
as many times as there are Easters.
From the book, Packing Up For Paradise Selected Poems 1946-1996
pic by Gabriel Rodriguez