SCUPPERNONG (poem)


Scuppernong


Frontiersmen long

For scuppernongs

As wasps sting

And shepherds sing 



Compassion and reverence

In this time will thrive

By trade of sacred fire

For command of the sky

As fear and hate must burn

For dreams to fly

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