come spring

the woman
next door likes
to garden
in the nude.
sometimes she
wears
a bathing suit
without a top.
she may or may
not know
that you can
see her from your
window.
she doesn't care.
she's more
concerned with
tending to the flowers,
the weeds,
bending wire
to keep
the rabbits out.
it doesn't surprise
you anymore.
it's no longer
about her.
her flowers,
come spring
are beautiful.