Beggar's Lice
Posted: 19 Oct 2020, 16:10
.First, the lush green
tendrils make
a basil rosette.
Beneath the wither
of summer
she brittles,
dispersing her little
ones, the stickseed,
onto the down
of a doe's coat
or between the
ribs of passing
corduroy,
to be reborn
as a mother on
the forest floor.
tendrils make
a basil rosette.
Beneath the wither
of summer
she brittles,
dispersing her little
ones, the stickseed,
onto the down
of a doe's coat
or between the
ribs of passing
corduroy,
to be reborn
as a mother on
the forest floor.