Morning Glories
.
Blue and dark-blue
pppppp rose and deepest rose
ppppppppppp white and pink they
are everywhere in the diligent
ppppp cornfield rising and swaying
ppppppppppp in their reliable
finery in the little
ppppp fling of their bodies their
ppppppppppp gear and tackle
all caught up in the cornstalks.
ppppp The reaper's story is the story
ppppppppppp of endless work of
work careful and heavy but the
ppppp reaper cannot
ppppppppppp separate them out there they
are in the story of his life
pppppp bright random useless
pppppppppppp year after year
taken with the serious tons
pppppp weeds without value
pppppppppppp humorous beautiful weeds.
by Mary Oliver
from White Pine
Harcout Brace, 1994