ALL THAT GARDEN NOISE

#24

Carrying pen and notebook

into the garden with tree pruner

holstered and buckled to my belt,

I circle yard shaded

by big limbs overhead

as sun takes its turn

nourishing bonsai trees

underneath. My friend

stops by for talk

of time-traveling

Billy Pilgrim and Mary,

the latter banging

aluminum ice trays

off kitchen counter.

Jim Bodeen

17 May 2019