Season of Wine and Rust

This is the season that tames the dust
into sedate soil, damp with rain.
This is the season of wine and rust,

clouds gathering like a spreading stain
while grass seeds fall and drive pointed awns
into sedate soil. Damp with rain,

weeds nod heavy over shriveled lawns.
Cats pick broomstraw burrs from their coats
while grass seeds fall and drive pointed awns,

harpoons thrown from vegetable boats
at earthworms rising like breaching whales.
Cats pick broomstraw burrs from their coats,

polish their whiskers, sleek down their tails,
dreaming of spring when young songbirds fly
at earthworms rising like breaching whales.

This season quenches the burning sky,
this is the season that tames the dust
dreaming of spring when young songbirds fly.
This is the season of wine and rust.

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