unruly
chibi
Georgia, US
born left-handed...discovering dyslexia in
mid-life, which explains more things than i wish to remember, growing long-hair
again and finding a reason for it... unruly like our front yard gone to seed,
unruly like wild red maples in their third year growth threatening the septic
tank and my mother-in-law's sense of symmetry
red maple grow fast
over greenest grasses...
i sit and think
vocation...the confining bounds of scientific
engineering...rules upon rules stacked in specifications, i can't spell worth a
damn, words just sound different to me as they break into unruly syllabic
scrabble
poison ivy...
our front yard genetic
experimentations
let's face it... i am ready to be unruly
poor neighbor sprays weed
killer every summer more
poison ivy variants
rabbits, chipmonks, deer, racoon, squirrel,
possum, voles, red-tail hawks, seasonal songbirds, rainbirds, rat snakes,
copperheads, jays, crows, briar, dandelion, fitch, thistle, swampberry,
goldenrod, gooseberry... come here... come here... to thrive in your unruly
patch...
summer morning...
the songbirds outside compete
with Discovery
Next
Read "Wind" by Debra Woolard Bender
