THE FOURTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS
NATURE GAVE TO
ME
FOUR SEASONS BRIGHT
THREE FAMILY
TWO
FRONTAL LOBES
and a body with life and liberty
Even on the equator, nature
has provided humanity with four seasons. Most pronounced in the
North and South temperate zones, there are none-the less subtle but
significant differences associated with the seasons in tropical and
arctic regions. The seasons provide a model for humanity of
creation, life, death and resurrection. The rites of spring,
primitive and honest as depicted by Stravinsky or civilized and
hypocritical as depicted by the Easter bunny, produce a surge in
birth nine months later as humanity gets the message from nature
that it is time to procreate. The medieval artist who depicts the
changing seasons does not fail to include the female of the species
arrayed in adornments which attract the male. Summer reminds us of
the need to toil through the summer of life in preparation for
life's winter. Autumn is the time for harvest and preservation. The
acorns being harvested in the artists depiction will soon appear as
smoked ham for winterfest. It also recalls Shakespeare's
observation "that time of year thou may in me behold when yellow
leaves, or few or none, do hang upon those boughs that shake against
the cold - bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang."
Then
comes winterfest where confined to quarters humanity consumes with
gusto the product of the preceding year. Why so? Nature has taught
us " Oh wind, if winter come, can spring be far
behind?"