Neighbor

A familiar beckoning from the spilling-over- 
the-sidewalk garden. Good morning, wooly woundwort.
How unbelievably soft you are, like a whispered prayer,
like a ready-made poem in the palm of my hand. 
Promise me that when I die you’ll be honest 
about all of my faults, my foes, my irksome way of leaving
the top unhinged from the honey jar, 
my desperate way of loving you.

1 comment:

  1. The garden is so full and generous with "raedy-made" poems for those who look & listen <3

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