Transformation of the Jar

by Henry Groseclose

 

I placed a jar in Santa Fe,

And dead it was from years of drought.

It brought the rain upon itself

To spite the drought.

The jar was left in mountain glade,

Amber-tinged with frost;

And clouds it brought upon itself

Washed out the air and dust.

Glass, it warped from freezing rain,

Warped from glowing sun;

And filled with budding Aspen roots,

I lost it on the run.

 





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