Thinning Beets on Summer Solstice
It is right to pluck
small sprouts you planted by seed
when fear over-sowed.
Look! The seedlings crowd
steal space, soil, light, and water
from one another.
It is not failure
not a waste to thin the rows.
We need space to grow.
Not one life is lost!
Stuff the sprouts, right then, into
your animal mouth.
Tender abundance!
Feed them to Love, your coven.
Throw what’s left to birds.
