Growth

How
quickly
the
garden
does
run
away
from
you
when
you
neglect
it
for
a
while



and
so,
while
T
cutlassed,

I
weeded
the
lettuce
and
the
surrounding
drains.







The
garden
welcomed
our
return























by
rewarding
us












with
the
beautiful
blooms








whose
exotic
perfume
announced
that
the
turmeric,
known
as
saffron
here,
was
ready
to
harvest

















and
in
the
next
bed,


eggplant.