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Women in the Garden - Mary Lou Sanelli
Gardener
WOMEN IN THE GARDEN
My neighbor drenches her yard, pumps water
into a garden gone to seed, pitiful
heap of weeds, but I don’t think of wastefulness
but how her white curls lie in stark contrast
to a rosy scalp, visible through her hair
as a wound, pink as a tropical morning
and how spraying mist from an uncoiled hose
lends serenity to her whole, smooth face.
When I look up into the limbs of a tree
it’s difficult to distinguish a single leaf. One
merely blends with the contours of another
much like my life entwines with other women=s lives
so I will know how to take my place
in the arms of the future.
I’m wondering about the woman
next door again, what wills her to care
for dullness, for flowers collapsed and faded, unfit
for vases while I rush to the nursery to buy
what blooms erect and high-priced. How easy.
How short lived.
When she opens another umbrella
of wetness, the shower extends to my garden
waving with color. Her body leans forward
as if she longs to follow each silver droplet
winding its way to the renewal of sea.
Each day, she is so