Saturday, April 2, 2022

Replenish the Earth

 Replenish the earth

Let our language set direction

Neither rubbish nor garbage

remains of tomatoes

shreds of uneaten lettuce 

cobs of corn, fallen leaves

wishing to become fertile soil


Simple to give back to the earth

what we do not eat 

what falls from trees

trees that speak through the compacted traces of what once greened the surround

trees know dirt


Earth feels trussed 

entrapped

bound by asphalt ribbons 

her breathing inhibited with concrete masks

her pores overcoated by too much everything 


Replenish the earth

darken the soil 

get generous with peels 

soggy coffee grounds

wilted daffodils 

Make new dirt! 


#NaPoWriMo

#compost

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