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Sunday, May 1, 2011

gardening, JANEisnotplain














down on one knee i
pull up handfuls of
wet grass. i push
it and squeeze it be
-tween my fingers
in the hope that a
surprise will emerge

perhaps a secret from
a colorful cosmos now
buried deep beneath
my feet pleading to be
set free to find the sun-
shine and the spring

down on one knee i
am telling myself that
it’s a rather slippery
slope this searching
sort of thing but i dig
on through the winter
scars toward a fragile
newness.

"Worm Wars: Attack #2", Jim Fuess
http://www.jimfuessart.com/

1 comment:

  1. A little like Lyn Lifshin, but original in theme and voice. Emily Dickenson found death and cosmos in the garden, too.

    Great!

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