A Faint Collage
by Janet I. Buck
Purple cabbage
Thirst awaits
stains your hands
like amethyst
immersed in gold.
A puppy's
ornery orbit plays
in centers where
a sun reclines.
Wicker baskets
full of dahlias
swing in steam
of morning light.
your muddy trowel.
Goose bumps over
final freeze,
your fingers
work a faint collage:
rake--glove--
sky--worm.
Pressed spaces
of contented earth.
Petunia mounds
between your thumbs--
pray for cannons
from a cloud.
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