As children,
my mother always had a beautiful
Easter Basket
for each of us,
four of us, two girls and two boys,
filled with bright green fake grass,
loaded with special Easter candy,
and all wrapped up with
colorful translucent plastic wrap.
The one big special Easter candy
was a LARGE chocolate-coated candy egg
from which she allowed us to slice off pieces,
but not too many in the same day.
Shhhh...don't tell her...
I didn't like the taste of those candy eggs,
but I loved my Easter baskets.
I still love Easter baskets,
especially this twiggy one with a concrete fluffy rabbit
hiding under fresh mint.
Nestled next to the mint,
the rabbit is right at home on my pine dining table
that was refinished last year.
Sitting under pear tree branches...
With their delicate blooms,
The rabbit wiggles into the soft green moss lining the basket
that has been home to others before him.
Last fall, the twiggy basket nestled an unusual colored pumpkin.
The pear tree branches provide a shady spot for
the rabbit to rest.
Occasionally he peeks out,
looking around the dining table,
but quickly settles back into his twiggy basket home.
He cheerfully greets everyone from the table,
And, with plenty of mint to nibble,
He plans to stay right up to Easter,
April 20, 2014,
when the rabbit becomes an Easter bunny.
when the rabbit becomes an Easter bunny.
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