Medusahead (Poaceae)

Twisted beards
give me my snaky name

my rolled leaf blades
my tiny barbs

Hear the hissing of the wind
my bristly seeds

Crowds of myself
in May and June

You who look on me
shiver and die

Aggressive winter annual

six to twenty-four inches tall

essentially useless as forage
Under the thatch

hear only
the faint cries of stones

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