Stella's Lyric Log: Edition Fifteen

The Fig Tree

The clothes make the man
The man makes the country
The country makes the kings
And I will plant a plum tree

The buyer beware
Where is the victory
The weapons escalate
And I will plant a fig tree

Don't cry filia mia
Our sainted mother prays for us

The liar's hat is always hot
To quote a line from Nietzsche
The snow is on the eggs
And I will plant a peach tree

This is inspired by Marlon Brando's jawline in Francis Ford Coppolla's Academy Award Winning chiaroscuro cinematic presentation of Mario Puzo's bestselling novel, The Godfather. Agent Q has had his braces tightened recently and I thought he was doing it on purpose but he can't help it, his bottom teeth swing forward and he looks like The Godgrandson. Agent Q saw that film when he was about ten and he said, 'It's just a bunch of men in big coats.' He thought the orange peel scene was the only good thing about the movie. Mandolin style guitar accompanies this one.