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Whacking at the wild cucumber
(sounds elegant
is not edible)
actually--
beautiful at first glance
until realizing
it is evil cousin to leprous
kudzu of the humid south
covering covering
with ivy tentacles
whacking
whacking
freeing the blackberries
feral orange lilies
and nectarine tree branches
from its grips
hacking and uprooting
in the woods behind the water cistern
endless twining
stung by nettles,
my hands feel how easily the forest could take over--
why humans paved roads
built cities
void
for fear of such green treachery