Pumpkin Pie

This deal, raw intentions so

harshly tendered, I expect

will not hold through a winter's

discontent. Come spring,

with the lilacs in bloom, we'll turn

the clocks ahead an hour,

bury the bitter unfinished gourd

from last September's

skinty harvest, and plant

a fresh field of seedlings.

More resilient, re-confirmed,

reminded of what was

the initial undertaking

of terms we will return

to the garden

and grow ourselves

a new, grander pumpkin.

Ken e Bujold

© 2022

Reviews

[JD Major]

Ah, yes, Hope&Spring spring eternal! :)
Good one,
JD

[W. Barrett Munn]

This has the feeling to me of emergence from a pandemic. The closed-in feeling and the finally able to get back to the business of living.
Either that, or it's about pumpkins.

Winston

[Ken e Bujold]

ha! let you in on the secret sauce. I don't actually know myself. started out straight forward, rant on things falling apart with a couple. then i took a break right after the gourd line. by time I picked it up again it had become a riff on pumpkins