My Backyard
Flitting yellow finch
Weaving round our Russian sage,
Bowing softly purple.
Lakeside
Octopus swimsuit.
Bare feet paddle shifting sand,
Plastic pail and spade.
Brown hair whips her face--
Rushing waves beneath gray sky,
Sand sticks to her legs.
Green monster seaweed
Clinging, grasping small ankles,
Chases her ashore.
The Gardener
Long straight skinny legs
Slowly widely stride across
The yard in three steps.
Tan straw wide-brim hat,
Brown hands crumbling clumping dirt
Squinting at the sky.
Cows approach, wide-eyed
Looking for a gift of kale
They receive from him.
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