cutleaf teasel

cutleaf teasel

the wheats been harvested, soybeans are
getting there, and the corn is tall as a baller.
wild bergamot and chickory lay the spread,
no other flowers until i come across the

milkweed, giant pods by Cindys dads; they
are forward, they are yet to bloom.

and it has been purple the whole time,
since dead nettle covered whole fields; i had to

look them up. field pansies with their ceilings

oil-painted; red clover. i specifically came to

note the progress of the teasel. last i saw

them, theyd formed green heads. while i

was gone they flowered, white puff balls

with a yellow nucleous. now they are

cutleaf, and nearly blown.