Thursday, May 27, 2021

An Alien Invasion

 

Today seeds claimed the city.

Millions, perhaps billions, drifted

through the streets like an alien invasion.


Nonchalantly they floated past pedestrians

and traffic, heading eastward towards,

perhaps, some pre-ordained location.


Each achene, purposeful, carrying its seed

under a sunlit pappus as though returning

a nature forgotten through the ages;


reminding us too, that, in time,

they will return to demolish the city,

to recolonize, restore.

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