Forty
damn gallons
of
sap for one gallon sweet.
Cold
spring's industry
works
dilute joy from bare trees.
In
Florida: oranges.
This tanka is also on display as part of Montpelier's PoemCity project. Over 200 Vermont poets have their work shown on the shopwindows downtown during April- anyone who can get there should.
The price we pay for sweetness...it makes me think of the hardness of the landscape here that we draw this sweetness from.
ReplyDeleteAlso the industry involved. How much more low impact on the environment than oranges though...
Thought provoking as always Matthew.