these holy leaves

poetry

stand testament
to the persisting existence of
pests
so i stand
organic pesticide
in my raised right hand
left clutching the hose
as i demand
billowing conviction:

LET MY VEGETABLES GROW!

3 thoughts on “these holy leaves

  1. Jared Abraham's avatar

    We had a great time in my brother-in-laws vegetable patch the other day gathering up the green worms that were eating his cauliflower and then taking them to a little pond by his house to fish with. We exacted our vengeance on those worms in a fitful way, making the eater become the eaten.

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