veggie scraps

vegetable scraps
will compel folks to visit
or so I am told*

compostable words
dissolving all illusions
return to damp earth

layer with ashes
make an organic parfait
they keep down the stink


(*with thanks to my friend Kathy)

invictus!

mastering shadows
contrast light against dark
possibility!

Invictus! the cry
an old soul undefeated
bloody and unbowed

brilliant strategy
unite hearts around the ball
circle of life

empty the red pail
toss the scraps onto the pile
sprinkle with ashes