8. VEGETATION BODY WEATHER
the root
Southern trees bear a strange fruit, blood
The wind
Blood on the leaves and blood at the root, the leaves flesh the rain
Black bodies swinging in the southern breeze, magnolia body the sun
Strange fruit hanging from the poplar trees.
crop eyes breeze
Trees mouth
Pastoral scene of the gallant south,
The bulging eyes and the twisted mouth, fruit
Scent of magnolias, sweet and fresh, What is this song about?
Then the sudden smell of burning flesh.
When she says strange fruits, she means dead
bodies. The dead bodies of slaves in the south of
Here is fruit for the crows to pluck, the USA. They were hung because they did
something wrong
For the rain to gather, for the wind to suck,
For the sun to rot, for the trees to drop,
Here is a strange and bitter crop.
