Her green thumb was legendary.
She grew lemon, peach, apple,
even grapefruit trees from seeds,
after she ate the fruit.
Her last years, in government housing,
and restricted from growing plants
in the postage-size plot
fronting her apartment,
she gathered pots,
filled them with color,
and set them along her walk.
Seeds fell from fading blooms,
and took root among the rocks.
Her moss rose, petunias, sweet peas,
flowering...
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