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.