The Earth Turns South/Rebirth

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4433891The Earth Turns South — Byroads: RebirthClement Richardson Wood

II.

Rebirth

The tufted tussock caterpillar
Pushed out of his stiff cocoon.
He did not see the blue sky,
Nor the sun-roofed splendor of the woods.
He looked at his dogwood branch,
And he sighed, "What a lot of work
For me to accomplish!"
And he began to eat,
And eat, and eat.