Kit Kelen #1178 - in a patch

1178

in a patch

the pumpkin and the poem

chased around a rhyme

all vine connecting

like roots above the ground

rolled the thing around between

took water on, took sun

and tendril delicate

drilling down

raising cup to lip

one pebble round

the other clod

seasons equally in each

and neither quite a world

took along the noted stave

by inches no one saw

both spotted, striped

pocked here and there

one open book, one heart of seed

flowers all forget

the insect of the visit

the struggle was to rise

bounce back

from a wilt, won’t we?

told themselves

till licked for light

crust of skin

and cut to quick

you can cook it all

had a swim in the thing

but which?

each truth to deal

to share

to know, to love

consume