Jake's Flea Market

imagination’s human

‘til something in a grass
seed here
among the grasses
of the river valley
empire demonstrates
an ambition to become
everything a grass can
become by sprouting

and something there
in a grass
seed across the river
among the grasses of
the coulee side
tribes that gather
in small bunches
does the same thing

and something beyond
there in a grass
seed among the grass
civilizations that stretch
away from the top
of the cliffs and across
the dry land plains
does the same thing

and here and there
and beyond there
grasses succeed