Something for Weeds to Do

What are weeds for?

SOMETHING FOR WEEDS TO DO
October 6, 2006


The weeds dip in the wind
like flames in fire,
licking the air with their green
tongues tasting the earth-brown
flavor of insects;
the warm red aroma with
their wet-soiled lungs.

They reach for the sun
like pre-schoolers on playgrounds,
and rattle like snakes
in the garden dew,
and softly as feathers
they make beds for bunnies . . .
who else would find them
something to do?