Fall Days
been
chopping the tops
off carrots
and putting them in water
and watching them grow
tiny trees on orange islands
and if you were alive
you’d be smiling
at that
I remember
the seedlings there
on your kitchen counter
wrapped in clear plastic
and the books you gave me about plants
and how we used to talk about that
I have a small greenhouse now
you’d like
with plenty of plants
of varied variety
they like to be perfumed with peppermint
it wakes them up
and since it hasn’t rained lately
I’ll be using the hose
for watering
TL