Nobility in the Far North

This is nobility in the far north,
how it takes a limb pruner
to reap the offering from the garden.
The anticipation of steam and butter
warms the beam on these faces
of Brussels Sprouts Gods and Goddess.

Their working class smiles harvest joy,
like Hobbits of the dream-time.
Who snapped the picture,
who planted the seeds?
as we hunger for the taste
they hold in their hands.
Oh little cabbages! So sweet now
from the first frost, soon oven roasted
with garlic-basil, cream sauce.