the vegetable garden

you begin to plan your garden
for next spring.
you get out a pad and a pen
and write down all
the different vegetables
you'd like to eat.
but first you go to the kitchen
and get a bag of potato
chips out of the pantry
and a cold coke from
the fridge. something to
snack on while you work. okay.
now for the list. you love
potatoes. that's a given.
carrots, nah, not so much.
string beans, maybe.
corn is a definite yes.
you have enough room
in your yard for  maybe
three stalks. good. good.
cauliflower, pfft, i don't
think so. lima beans, nope.
definitely not. they taste
like chalky smashed peas.
how about tomatoes. no.
so yesterday, everyone
has tomato plants.
how about lettuce, hmmm.
possible, romaine, iceberg,
or that leafy kind that blows
around in your sandwich. you
put a maybe next to that.
okay. that's enough for now.
you've got potatoes and corn.
time to till that soil.