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
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