Tuesday, July 20, 2021

grass (poem 4)

 

Cortederia

Cortederia selloana

family name

Poeceae

family names are so important

everything and everyone has a place where they emanate from

pampas

the very name

makes one think of

South America

even though taken from a German botanist living in Brazil

 

the pleasant furry feathery yellow blossom top

reminds one of wheat

it waves to one in the wind

 the razor they call it

the cutting effect of the sharp leaf

a tall grass its towering features dwarf the stature of a human

 

people complain about you

they say you are invasive

the thing that is wrong about you

cannot be a criticism made by

homo sapiens   

                                      10/3/20

 

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