Max Reif - Art

Orpheus played his lute
under the avocado tree,

sang for ages beneath
that glorious canopy
before departing.

Ages later,
a young wanderer
happened to fall asleep
under the tree one night

and woke up the next morning,
his head full of songs.

Max Reif

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