MICROPOETRY
Bricolage in June
Waiting
Published in
Jun 14, 2023
A scant group, so small, so insignificant
But ever bright, fluorescent orange against the hedge
Of green forsythia, just green, no blossoms this year -
Those poppies defy expectations, rage against end
Of a spring forgotten, drenched in wet and cold.
Replanting on replanting — pole beans and squash
Washed out and wasted by the sodden ground,
Waiting for the sprouting like parent expectancies
Visiting the scene, hoping and waiting, always waiting
For these companion plants to be companions.
Sterile walls cast in pastel green, mute, silenced
And ever so bleachy clean, wiped and sanitized
Against invasion by unseen enemies, waiting,
Waiting, always waiting, holding on, waiting
For a surgeon’s cleansed report, and one process done.
