The Trapper And Our Wine

<p dir="auto">The wine to us which nature gave<br /> Has entered the head to cause a rave<br /> Tapping and tapping without ceasing<br /> The wine pours on every season<br /> This wine so sweet and money spinning<br /> Causes injury deep and hard healing <p dir="auto">Before the tapper discovered the tree<br /> We had our barns and we were free<br /> To plough and plough and till the land<br /> And reap from the sweet of our hand<br /> Then, came the tapper and showed his light<br /> We joined the race to reach the height <p dir="auto">Like a giant on nimble feet<br /> We gloat over our anthill feat<br /> Swayed by the illusion of our sudden height<br /> We're burning out the sticks that bear the light<br /> Didn't we climb with him to watch him tap?<br /> Yet, learnt not how to cut the sap <p dir="auto">Climbing down the tree to tap the wine<br /> The tapper carries his hook, pipe and line<br /> Siphoning our wine we cry and whine<br /> But cannot seize the line to brace a climb<br /> The best of the wine he drinks with smiles<br /> Only leaving behind the shit and grime <p dir="auto">This tree one day shall wilt and die<br /> And the tapper gone back to his home to lie<br /> Then shall our hands be too heavy to wield a how<br /> And the barns too empty we cannot sow<br /> We shall sip and suck and spoil the sap<br /> Of a tree shrunken like an old woman's lap<br /><a href="https://c7.alamy.com/comp/B6MP9M/palm-wine-tapping-in-the-gambia-B6MP9M.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">∆<span> <img src="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://c7.alamy.com/comp/B6MP9M/palm-wine-tapping-in-the-gambia-B6MP9M.jpg" srcset="https://images.hive.blog/768x0/https://c7.alamy.com/comp/B6MP9M/palm-wine-tapping-in-the-gambia-B6MP9M.jpg 1x, https://images.hive.blog/1536x0/https://c7.alamy.com/comp/B6MP9M/palm-wine-tapping-in-the-gambia-B6MP9M.jpg 2x" /> <p dir="auto"><a href="https://c7.alamy.com/comp/F3A9H5/toddy-tapper-climbing-a-palm-tree-to-collect-toddy-india-F3A9H5.jpg" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" title="This link will take you away from hive.blog" class="external_link">Image source <p dir="auto"><code> I love the African Palm wine for its the best natural wine, the fresh wine that needs no preservatives or additional substances, a pure direct wine from the palm, and ever ready to be served <h1>Thanks for reading my poem 💕💖