The Creature Inside the Plumtree

Inspired by the plum tree at the end of the street.

I wonder....I wonder
How many plums we can gather this summer?

To thy plum tree with your fruits so high
To climb you and reach out and pluck them to eat
For summers plums are lots of fun
In many ways

I wonder O'er plum tree
What city lies under neath?
What creature lurks there?

For what fun to have children climbing you
To reach for the biggest one!
And catching your falling fruit
with hankerchief''s
Play'n cowboy and Inju'ns
in rings around your neck
And after all the games are played
and have finished the day
To gather up all the plums and share them out

But little did they know or even stop to 'n' see
Through all the holes he peeps...
Are eyes of the creature that lives inside the plum tree
For this is where he sleeps
In the city underneath

And....
Awakens when children
come to pick his plums
And climb his tree
Pulling them down
By hands 'n' feet
And keeps them inside the walls
Of the city underneath
feeding the Plumtree
Eating them with his teeth

There are whispers all through the town
In folkish tales to make one's ears prick up 'n' listen;
Beware beware children ! the summer plumtree!!

So many just do not know why
These are the best plums in the street!!

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

I find this delightful and well-written. Stirs the curious child inside of me.

[Rabbit]

Thankyou.In inspired by your experience.

[An owl on the moon]

This is filled with such sweet joy! It brought me back to my homeland as a child, and all the trees in our garden that would supply endless places to play and to feast. Thank you for this magic window on the world.