differences collide like a small stray cat and a
homeless dog collide in one apartment and make  a go of it
where on a field forget-me-nots grow into the wiregrass
the taller seems to win just in the beginning
and the four leaf clovers hide from the din
when peanuts are dug from there      hiding spots
and butter comes
where cotton is grown the next season
to make a bag to haul the next years forages
there must be two apologies and
two comings and goings
like a bird and squirrel going
for the same seeds
the eagle and the mouse
one wins this time
the next is uncertain;
and next year as has the years before
started again with a clean slate
hoping for all a harvest
of never seen bounty,
the insect the vermin dog and cat
the green grass the sunsets.
You and I.