Monday, June 16, 2025

WILDFLOWERS

From pasture 
to parkland, parkland 
to landfill,

from swirl of hills 
to roadside ditch,

let the nominal 
pests and invasives 
proliferate—

their odd-
numbered petals, 
their frowsy leaves

once drenched 
with the curious
blue rain of night, 

now lousy 
with inviolate light—

filthy with 
the summer wind.