Speckled Stars

Rain brings challenges

Drought took hundred year old oaks in low lands.

Weed starves meadowpads

Mallow taproot gets her claws deep in the compost.

Steer avoid Russianthistle

Windwitch (tumbleweed) bakes in ricotta cheesecake.

Hand pain farming

Rose wax, jojoba, calendula ease cracking skin.

Planets dodge meteors

Filaree throws her seeds unwanted under stones.

Bones recall youthdew

Burclover, pigweed, flea bane of the past.

Breathe treasure oxygen

Prickle molecules of ancient lungs teach gardening.

Text message milkyway
Acronyms jumble instead be here holding me. 

Speckled Stars Poem

Caroline Gerardo 1/7/2016 

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