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Grow

Grow

she Will

in her off-white dress

in the country church

a few trees between

where she lived

with her parents and

two brothers

across the street from

her aunt and uncle’s house

through the woods

to her grandparents’ house

not far

from where she graduated

high school

and she could have been

a nurse anywhere

but she never thought about

leaving home

how could she

granny’s cooking Sunday supper

and her cousins are coming over

and Easter’s next weekend

and the baby’s almost here

and her daddy will be plowing

the field soon

like his daddy did

and something good Will grow

in the garden

so long as

you take the time

it takes

to walk the rows

pull the weeds

water the seed

and fix the fences

don’t forget to fix the fences

so the garden Will grow

do this daily

and you’ll never go

hungry

and chances are

you’ll be happy

TL

Published inTamiko Lowery