August 26, 2006
Ode to a Tomato Plant
Stretching and reaching through the hazy summer light
And you grow tall and leafy and green.

Water and Miracle Grow seep in to your soil
And you grow tall and leafy and green.

I turn you in your pot, so that your stem does not bend
And you grow tall and leafy and green.

It is almost August's end
And still you grow tall and leafy and green.

But I ask you, tomato plant on my windowsill,
Why do you scorn me so?
Why do you continue to grow tall and leafy and green
But produce not a single fruit of juicy redness?



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