Friday, July 9, 2021

When is a Man Ripe for Harvesting? - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com 

https://hellopoetry.com/lawrence-hall/

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

When is a Man Ripe for Harvesting?

 

Sunflowers are easy enough – the petals turn brown

And the base is yellow, or better yet

When in the heat of summer birds and squirrels

Present themselves in your garden as dinner guests

 

But humans, now – that’s a bit trickier

It would be most undignified to be eaten

And pills and electrocardiograms

Are even more undignified in their own ways

 

Autumn would be better, on a golden day

Yes, autumn, bright autumn

                                                when the geese are calling

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