Marlene
Mountain
Tennessee, US
That there thing? Hit's just an old weed. You can't get rid of hit no matter
what you do. Why I took me some kerosene to hit last summer but hit never done
no good. I believe hit helped hit grow better is what I think. Pretty? Well I
ain't thought about hit that way. I guess you could say hit was kinder pretty.
But I tell you boys hit's trying to take over.
self-heal
the purple flowers
above the grass
If you was to want some nice flowers I saw some
down at the Mall. They was nice. I forget the name but I thought I'd get some
for the wife. She's partial to pretty flowers. She's all the time wanting me to
fix her one of them brick patios and a window box.
this spring
first year
letting each weed remain
No I never ate none of them wild things. Now
I've heard tell my daddy speak of eating [poke] but I never took no time to try
any of them things out. I suppose they'd be good for a person but some of hit
I'd say could be poisonous. Vitamins in violets. Law is that a fact.
a salad
from the woods--
adding a touch of vinegar
c1972/73
