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Wisteria

A poem by John Barr

https://medium.com/media/9eb3cd6621cb79172ac7cb1810c7c16c/hrefWisteria

“Mm,” I thought, of your slash-and-burn approach
to pruning. “Cut to the bone of bark, this one
won’t come back.” Here at summer’s end
I am informed of my mistake.

Not sooners, not Jack’s bean,
not the Persian Expedition
or the Crown of Thorns
infestation of Pacific reef
bests this vegetable version of erup

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