The Earth Turns South/Rebirth

by Clement Richardson Wood

II.

Rebirth

The tufted tussock caterpillarPushed 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 workFor me to accomplish!"And he began to eat,And eat, and eat.