“Al Fresco” by Allie Marini Batts

the unsmiling neighbors
who spend sweaty weekends
patting seeds down
into tidy beds of Black Kow

will surely never miss
one small tomato and
a perfect cucumber
harvested quietly

before the bumper crop
dominoes down the garden
in their back yard
so close to mine

-Allie Marini Batts

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