Garden Time – CounterPunch.org

January 1, 2026

Elliot Sperber

Photo: Elliot Sperber

Arotron
Not Aerostar
The Big Dipper
The space spoon
Is a kay a the plow
Burrowing through night
Isn’t that right, Isaiah?
Beating swords and spears
And cars into ploughs and prunes?
Beat your sword into a spoon
Do it soon
Do it now
Beat your spoon into a plow
The Big Dipper
Points you to Polaris
Guides you to escape
Plow up the multilanes
The parking lots, the banks
Plow up your brains

Elliot Sperber is a writer, attorney, and adjunct professor. He lives in New York City and can be reached at elliot.sperber@gmail.com and on twitter @elliot_sperber