Summer's Tent Folds

Summer's creep has ended:

searching tendril tips

have reached their zenith

pruning hooks laid in store

preening hands atrophied

leaving neglected beds

dressed with dry clods.

Tangles of vines

with milkweed bows

girdle each stake;

mangled umbilical cords

ready to release

their dry gourds

which, in turn,

are ready to discharge

the rotting pulp

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Summer's Tent Folds