plot watering

now eleven seedlings
sprouted. thighs
flushed from the bone.

loosed like strands
of hair shook out in water &

unexpected, i check
again & again to be sure
i have the correct

location. arms
asserted their right

to jellied rings
of fat. trunk fragile
with new

growth, a pink
cascade of lines

announces the settlement.
hundreds of healthy
vegetables! i shove

my hands into soil,
where it's dark

so i can't see them
or the plump stubs
round the knuckles,

and stare
straight


up.