Thinning Beets on Summer Solstice
It is right to pluck
small sprouts you planted by seed
when fear over-sowed.
See how seedlings crowd
hoard space, soil, light, and water
stunt one another.
It is not failure
not a waste to thin the rows.
Give roots room 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.
