The incinerate sun scorches
The grass, now dormant, and chases
The shadows past moveless spaces.
The chipmunks dart beneath porches
To nibble at the last winged seeds.
Each of us has incessant needs.
I wait for the redemptive rain.
The garden wilts, its petals drop.
The leopard slugs’ single feet flop.
Though I have caused a little pain,
We’re all culpable as we grasp,
Dance to the cicada’s mad rasp,
The cricket’s rip, katydid’s grind.
We envy their having no mind.
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