Tuesday, August 6, 2024

the small harvest

in the late summer,
the last
visit to the shore, to the beach,
and my
father.
he'd have a paper bag
full of string
beans and tomatoes,
peppers,
ready to go.
he'd been growing things
since he was a boy
in Halifax
Nova Scotia,
and now the small squared
yard, fenced
off, to keep the rabbits
at out, kept his green thumb
going.

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