Saturday, June 30, 2012

Tomato Pessimism

In my enthusiasm to overcome
heat and drought
I may have overwatered.

I fear
my backyard tomatoes
will bear no fruit.

The pessimist that I am
would turn this failure
to a metaphor for life,

but all in all
things are going quite well,
as long as I deliberately ignore

the loneliness one experiences
while anticipating a future
devoid of tomatoes.

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