On Wed, 31 May 2006 Jon_Lincicum at stream.com wrote: > that trout live in trees The Tree Bass The tree bass likes a solid perch - Frequents the oak, avoids the birch. Returns to its ancestral lawn Yearly when time comes to spawn. The tree bass. The tree bass huddles in the rain And waits for Someone to explain. It shiver-shimmers in the breeze. Thinks, "Some day I will feel at ease". The tree bass. The tree bass feels an idle whim To find a stream and try to swim Yet knows it's best to not look down. It does the opposite of drown. The tree bass. Come Easter, when the shorn lambs bleat, Its firm and flaky flesh is sweet. The tree bass.