Poem 86

From Smalls …

( I like the snail face … and tarnished silverbeet is a nice image … )

The Garden

has turned
a snail makes a nose and a sickly grin
on a turnip
                    fretworked
the cabbage unfolds its ruin
tarnished silverbeet bushy carrots
seedy parsnip
and the beans
having seen the top
climbing down