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Secretive Garden

A small patch of earth 
Is all I need 
I can be fed and feed 
I'll grow lettuce and colorful illusions 
I'll grow the kind of strawberry that chases after you
giggling so hard

How about mangos you ask
The type that knows four languages 
And can recite pre-historic poems 
Mangos that glow when you least expect it

My favorite would planting dancing bananas 
Bright yellow, light feet 
They like to take over dancing floors
Twirling until dizzy 
then stand aside for a quite reflection 

You asked me the other day 
If potatoes were grumpy 
All the time 
Of course not, silly 
They just had a rough time 
Potatoes can be sweet too 

Tomorrow I will seek lavenders  
They make me sad 
Thinking about them 
I'll tell them a new joke  
And watch them laugh 

On the subject of zucchini and tomatoes 
We will have to set a meeting 
They play around all day
And gossip loudly through the night 

The river is afraid to flow into our land 
She knows our fruits and vegetables 
Are sensitive with complex inner lives
she prefers to gently descend from above 

I will take our song to the market 
And trade it for seeds 
Trade it for earth 
And invite the bees  
Offer them a place to stay 

I will build a fortress for my iris  
They are private and anxious  
And in the yellow canals 
Rice will grow 
so wild. so tall 
It wont be able to contain its joy 

I will grow wild too
And old
Shed the need to have or be 
Just plowing stars in my head 
Seeding my hearts with wine and bread 

And one day
Our hearts will grow 
Expand 
so magnificently grand  
we'll need bigger chests 
But we will grow those too 

And every sad person on earth 
Will soon receive an invitation 
To join our fruiting land  
And they too can laugh 
They too can laugh 
While the giggling strawberry 
chases after them
across the green field

beautifulcolorearthnaturenewfree verse

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