Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Intervening Valentine

I picked off all
the ravenous caterpillars
from the passion vine
and re-gifted them
to the compost pile
so this year for once
all the flower buds
can open fully
without holes in them
or half their heads
eaten away and the
new tendrils can climb
and leaf out a little
before winter comes
to carry them away.

1 comment:

William Keckler said...

You are a master of Transparent Allegory. You should found a school: "TA"..for transparent allegory...it's very Sesame Street powerful...