the trap i set for you
This morning Jane And I rose before the sun
and slipped away on our bicycles to slip crayfish traps
into the Sandy Hollow pond. Upon our evening return,
the traps were empty, save for the bait.
We threw them out again thinking maybe they bite at night.
the trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead
as you plow some other field try and forget my name
see what harvest yields, and, supposing I'd do the same
I planted rows of peas but by the first week of July
they should have come up to my knees
but they were maybe ankle high
take the fingers from your flute to weave your colored yarns
and boil down your fruit to preserves in mason jars
but now the books are overdue and the goats are underfed
the trap I set for you seems to have caught my leg instead!
I'll probably never get over mewithouYou.
They just keep ringing true.