Sugar Cane

Growing from a sugar vein
in fields as far as the eye can see
are sticky stalks of pithy cane
bending the breeze a symphony
Born upon machete mouths
Held in sun soaked hands
Exhale moisture from the clouds
to inhale sugar from the sand.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2006

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