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The Little
PURPLE
Christmas
TREE
at my Daughters, HOME
I have Come to
LOVE, and
ADORE


As I sit here
and i
Usually
WRITE
i Appreciate
the
PURPLE Shine, More
and
MORE


So I Told my
Daughter
to KEEP
up the
PURPLE Christmas TREE
Until, Next
CHRISTMAS
TIME


So i
REMEMBERED
as a
Minnesota BOY


How in our
HOME
we had a
Fake-SILVER-TREE
that we Put UP
each Year
with a Color Wheel
that would go
Around and Around
in a Circle
and would Reflecton the
Silver Tree
Colors of
Red, Blue, Green, Orange, 
And Yellow
and That TREE
gave me as a BOY
for a Long time
No Happy
FAKE CHRISTMAS
TREE SHINE
GLOW
and
JOY


But my
MA
She was
oh SO very
THRIFTY, and WISE
in every Which a WAY
SO


As she Said
that she Just Could NOT
SEE
CUTTING DOWN a LIVE TREE
and
Just to have it in the House
for --2--Weeks--
then after Christnas Time
in the TRASH
it
WOULD
GO


So this
little
PURPLE
CHRISTMAS
TREE
is
BECOMING
veryVERYvery
Near and Dear
to
MY HEART
COMPLETELY


And Years and Years and Years
AGO
my Mother
she Was so MINDFUL
she Was so WISE
she Was so THRIFTY
she Was so SMART
she Was so KIND
she Was so COMPASSIONATELY
to
everyEVERYevery
LIVING
THING
so
beautifully
thoughtfully
ENVIRONMENTLY
f
r
i
e
n
d
l
y
ahead of her TIMES
FRIENDLY




By JOHN D JUNGERS
01
   JANUARY
                   2019

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The Little PURPLE Christmas TREE