Abundant Dirt
Seeds are poked into fine loam. Seedlings shifted from
their tiny pot confinements to larger earth. Blue pen squiggles on the plastic
markers. Little Granddaughter views the sunflower progress, satisfied.
'Are they growing?' Nam-ma asks.
She looks again. 'Yes, they are. Yes, they have.' The
tone: toddler-imperious.
Nam-ma grins. They are and they have. She likes that the present tense precedes the past.
She likes the emergent confidence. 'Good,' she says.
Two coats are heaped on a workbench. Broad bean leaves are
a midgreen, rounded: the peas paler and sneaking up in curls. Sunflower leaves
pair like cupped open hands.
Tea Break |
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