B l u e  and dark blue
rose and deepest rose
white and pink they

a r e  everywhere in the diligent
conrnfield rising and swaying
in their reliable

f i n e r y in the little
fling of their bodies their
gear and tackle

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

w o r k  careful and heavy but the
reaper cannot
separate them out there they

a r e  in the story of his life
bright random useless
year after year

t a k e n  with the serious tons
weeds without value humorous
beautiful weeds.