an Asian stinkbug

blunders across a pair of painted tulips

bindweed’s heart-shaped leaves

the two goldenrod stalks topple together

now that it’s dead it can shine all year long

the buzzing gets louder every time the wind blows

a butterfly lands on the ladder to have a taste

its enormous antennae attract a harvestman

gracile stalks bending under the weight of seeds

staring as vacantly as I can at your one-way glass

acts like it doesn’t even know the shadowy leaves

I wouldn’t have hesitated to step on the real thing

blossoms lost to the heat in just four days

springing through an old fern leaf art deco stamens