heavily laden

Heavily laden with fruit
the persimmon tree demonstrates an
awkward sort of resilience:

leaf-less, gawky, it would look life-less,
or life-losing, bedecked in so many balls that its
branches give the impression of over-burden.
Yet the unexpectedly glowing orange skin of the tasteless fruits
defies the season to brighten the street.

Heavily laden with fruit
the persimmon tree demonstrates an
awkward sort of resilience,
its spring-like color antithetical,
its cargo both weighing down the tree and enlivening it.