Raised Bed

Devour me,

Sour corn cob

•

Shucked by the hawk

And dropped

From the sky

•

Red, shriveled

Left out to dry

•

For the rabbits

And the squirrels

•

Parking lot pyramid

Of discarded

Sunflower seeds

And tulip heads

•

This is not a grave

•

This is a bed of weeds

Fertilized by

Thieves

•

Gathered by

Prey

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Now, the old beer cans

Are sprouting

From the soil

•

Fenced in

By barbed wire

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If they try to steal my harvest

They will twitch

And learn, learn, learn.