Gardebellum

Fat hares sit on thrones
deep in burrows, holding court.
Snakes and foxes plot.

Invasive species
march, drinking the sprinklers dry
on the offensive.

A rabbit rampage.
Carrot shrapnel scattered like
coleslaw confetti.

Crowns and cottontails
litter an empty kingdom—
subterranean.

Above, no bounty
awaits; forsaken baskets
set aside, fruitless.