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LUPINES

Here in the midst of a field

of ailanthus and locust saplings,

sweet pea vines and tall grasses,

six stalks of  purple lupines’

are “on their way out.”

These flowers fed bees, their fuzzy-green

seeds prepare for next year’s plants.

But we, where do we go

when we’re gone? Haven’t we

been useful while we’re here

and some seen their children grow?

Can we now hope for more

than the lovely lupines?