Never a gardener, she
became interested
became interested
in gardening. The dying
are known to
are known to
make estranging
decisions
decisions
about the disclosure
of information.
of information.
Everyone knew
where the report
where the report
cards were, but the marriage
license proved difficult
license proved difficult
to locate. Tomato
and potato vines crawled
and potato vines crawled
up different stakes
in the same barrel,
in the same barrel,
and she tended
equally the decorative
equally the decorative
plants, the lobelia and alyssum
fringing and clinging to
fringing and clinging to
the edges, in the sun
under a visor
under a visor
fuzzy with the terry
cloth of enough
cloth of enough
vacations to forget
the number, to wear
the number, to wear
the lettering
into half-glyphs insinuating
but not stating
the location of past
the location of past
happiness. She knelt,
hinged
hinged
at the waist,
thrust
thrust
her hands in dirt
feeling for roots
feeling for roots
even when
they no longer
needed
tending, even
tending, even
when fruit and flowers
hung thick falling.
hung thick falling.
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