Blue and dark blue
rose and deepest rose
      white and pink they

      are everywhere in the diligent
conrnfield rising and swaying
      in their reliable

      finery in the little
fling of their bodies their
      gear and tackle

      all caught up in the cornstalks.
The reaper's story is the story
      of endless work of

      work careful and heavy but the
reaper cannot
      separate them out there they

      are in the story of his life
bright random useless
      year after year

      taken with the serious tons
weeds without value humorous
      beautiful weeds.