October sun

By Parson Thru

Thu, 01 Oct 2020
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Washed by October sun
the wedding’s aftermath
litters the greenhouse floor

The only visitors are wasps
searching out the hapless
among scattered webs

If those wasps only knew

The rumble this morning
is the dryer’s endless turning
in the garage

Or the uninvited din
of killer jets overhead

Americans, I guess, practicing
for Xi Jinping or Putin
or some other Armageddon
known only to themselves

If you’re going to stall
or flame-out, fellas
do it someplace else

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Comments

Submitted by Di_Hard on

that's a great comparison of two scary flying things, wasps and fighter jets, both uninvited, both we don't know their motives. But one might give you a sting which lasts a couple of days, if you threaten it, the other might bring armageddon without you doing anything at all

this greenhouse, it is propagating wonderful poems!

hope you are well

 

Submitted by Parson Thru on

Hi Di. Hope all is well. You made me think about that more with your comment than I did when writing it. Thank you. It's getting a bit chilly in there now.

Parson Thru