Monday, September 27, 2021

Money plant

 


They have taken the Sassafras and a squirrel's home with it

The falling limbs slap the dogwood, slam the wild sea oats' thin reeds 

I'm so sorry. 

It was a danger


Trying to care for my neighbors; the squirrel suffers

Trying to care for the other trees; the dogwood and the sea oats suffer

The canopy parts and I feel exposed

I miss the shadow of her trunk, her verdant crown

I'm so sorry 

At least more sun flows in


You don't have to try any more.  

True love, innit? 

I smell the candle though it isn't lit 

Vanilla

 

Perhaps tonight I'll plant more beebalm 

Perhaps I'll drive across the river 

I've lariope to deliver  

My heart broke too 


I was thinking of you the whole time. 



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