In summer, zucchini multiply
like large litters of puppies
and grow as quickly.
Snap one off the stalk
and the white milk sap oozes like dew.
What funny nurslings,
suddenly so large
I cannot contain them in my arms.
Loading them into a carton,
I carry bulging boxes
to the soup kitchen.
In the carton,
zucchinis jostle and shift
like litter mates
arching their curved necks
as if to wrestle.