Friday, May 17, 2013

Garden Notes; Bucket List




     
Today I love
     getting old 
So much undone
     that I will never do... 

The bucket list 
     has a hole in it 

The bucket leaks... 

I am not able-
     can't afford-
And beginning to see 
     the difference between- 
ideas 
     and 
          reality- 

Ideas are 
     much trouble...
Reality- 
     takes care 
          of itself

As in 
     the garden 
Where butterflies fly 
     and robins-
          hop -among the 
               mint-

-I still pull 
     the occasional 
          weed- 

And water 
     some- 

But overall, 
     it does 
          what 
                it wants 

And it's
     better 
That 
     way 

The bucket
     belongs 
In that sort of 
     garden 

-Useful 
     even with 
a hole 
     in it- 

No more lists- 
     if lists 
          can be avoided 

As long as we include 
      God- 

And put her 
     at the top 
     of the list 

Well--
     that is 
          the trick  


     

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