It bears no sweet olives.

In fact, it bears no olives at all,

but its fragrance is like

a melange of all the sweet scents

in this sometimes not-sweet world.

If you plant it, your backyard

will transform into an exotic boutique,

your mind will fill with sweet thoughts;

you'll feel like swirling or twirling

toward paradise, toward something

precious, some place extraordinary.

Sit under your magic-tree on a summer morning.

Sip a glass of sweet tea as the sun 

makes everything seem sunnier.

Thank God for the olive-less sweet olive,

and you just may see a hummingbird or two.