Morning in a Leafy Time

A bisque sun on the windowsill, the early light smells of marigolds. Beyond, the garden is as usual, a haven for cracked clay pots, after windy nights there are yet more broken terracotta options. Breakfast and the Broadwood table is salted and buttery. Blue and white dishes, like fledglings, wait to be fed. I sense soccer moms hurrying their ducklings along. Egg sandwiches will spontaneously appear on the hour. Nearby, bushy shrubs sup on their own green tealeaves. I like it here, where groundhogs whistle in the cabbage patch. Spreading blueberry jam, wondering what kind of man I am, shrugging the thought away.