a shambles
seeing the rise & fall of things... dhm. 113
a hill of rubble my magic mountain
tumble-down house rubble mountain yr mind
just plow the house under see what comes up
rosemary basil & pepper plants from rubble
torn-down house something to see now
helps to think yr dna’s a shambles too
lose yrself in garden string
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not one root now blackness where you plant a garden
poor joints noisy after gardening
larvae down there & basil roots— everything white
you too larva-white inside
white bead youll be june bug
violets & mint en tangle
dug up june bug larvae & here comes same size hail
peasize hail— my sweet peas!
lavender chives in a violet pot
rosemary in a pot set apart
lettuce now because you let last year’s go
a garden swing between tomato bushes
pink peonies navy-blue stucco wall
a wheelbarrow full of collage
wheelbarrow to chain-link fence— what did you think—
wheelbarrow giving the violets a ride
a riot of climbing peas
okra seed窶馬ow youre set for summer
even this pulled-up-weed heap flowers
okra wont mind a neglected corner
okra seeds my planet’s ball-bearings!
o be this lettuce seed
lettuce seed disappears
cloudless this white iris
evry yellow flower facing morning sun
fieldmustard dande lion hawkweed & wood sorrel my yellow gene
blackberries creeping even into ferns
like any other wave rising falling sparrowsong
a stretch of silence too sparrow song
billion billion field-mustard petals not one stray thought
—john martone 2010