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the zucchini crouchesthe zucchini crouches
behind a broad green leafbehind a broad green leaf
patient in her camouflagepatient in her camouflage
imperialist tentacles of vineimperialist tentacles of vine
are taking over the gardenare taking over the garden
shouting mine mineshouting mine mine
like a woman waitinglike a woman waiting
for the revolutionfor the revolution
the zucchini bides her timethe zucchini bides her time
rain falls in the nightrain falls in the night
first stealthyfirst stealthy
then triumphant like a coup d'étatthen triumphant like a coup d'état
come morningcome morning
the zucchini squatsthe zucchini squats
swollen in the sunlightswollen in the sunlight
proud of her bellyproud of her belly
covering the earthcovering the earth
with a yellow flower behind her earwith a yellow flower behind her ear
Elizabeth Zelvin is a writer living in New York who has poems appearing in Womanspirit and 13th Moon. She has recently completed a book about an alternative marriage, and among her other interests are "singing and song-writing, teaching creative movement, and trying to understand the synthesis of anarchism and feminism."