Feeding the Compost Heap
Dried teas and sweet peels, shriveling rinds and still-wet
fruit—
The compost gatherings speak something to the day and whimper
In the night, alive with their odd congress, this meeting of sours,
Blackness, citrus yellows, coffee grounds, hard sticks and green
Blackness, citrus yellows, coffee grounds, hard sticks and green
Leaves half-brown, onion skins and onion itself, apple and orange
Seeds, pear stems and cut grass, old pomegranates and carrot.
Seeds, pear stems and cut grass, old pomegranates and carrot.