The bounty of a single tomato

Heirloom tomato:  1 lb 8 oz, organic,

priced at $5/pound buys enough seeds

for the squash and tomatoes, the tomatillos

and cucumbers.

That's one tomato and we've already eaten

many pounds of squash and tomatoes,

of lemon cucumbers and green cucumbers,

of turnips and peas, of Swiss chard and 

don't forget the many pounds of potatoes 

still hidden under the soil.

When snow is still drifting to the ground

and lettuce seeds sit under a fine layer of

wet soil, remember the bounty of the late

summer where the price of a single tomato,

not purchased, but pulled warm from the vine

saves enough to buy all the seeds you need.