working the rows today in the sun
but it wasn’t hot - normally my favorite hour
barefoot in the wet dirt, working -
bad attitude chopping grass, impatient:
thinking love grows these seeds as much as light,
act right.
tomorrow we will spend the morning planting seeds,
singing songs in the sunlight,
no time, no watching hours.
dogs, chickens, cats in the yard sing with us,
trying to spend my time as if there is no such thing,
when it passes unwatched in the sun and shade.