Regina Mcintosh Poet Free verse

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Our Cucumbers

Together – he and I – him and me
We grow things in abundance
Green beans, tomatoes, squash
Okra, calves, chicks and pigs
Guineas and turkeys, some kittens
A puppy who is mostly grown
But never too old to play

Together – we – us – our
Hearts thrive on a world
Of abundance, plenty, wealth
In rich, black earth that gets
Nutrients from a downpour
Pounding the ground and bouncing
Drops off the rocky path

Together – he and I – him and me
We listen to friends who bicker
Consuming time with quarrels 
Never thinking about how this dispute
Can grow, like our cucumbers
Vining their way from a short word
One weed, to something you can’t pull up

A vine that leaves you feeling
Lost, lonely, silent
Amid the beautiful blooms
That proceed the vegetable
And the tired ache that throbs
Inside a heart who is breaking
From the sorrow of squabbling

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L Milton Hankins April 5, 2021 at 7:41 PM Truly fine work, Regina. I enjoyed your fun with "he and I - him and me." The former is nominative, the latter objective. But, you know that!!! Love the vegetable metaphor, too.

J. Summers April 5, 2021 at 5:25 PM Great poem Regina. I really liked the “he and I...we us...” thing you had going on and the notion of a dispute taking on the characteristics of a growing cucumber. John