2008 September 16 poem: WHY SHOULD IT BE

WHY SHOULD IT BE

that I think of Chicha as soon as I start to
try to figure out what day it is that I'm
writing this, whatever it is. Must be
that her garden is her
poetry. I wish my
poems were as rich and
healing as is her
garden. And
- think of it - Tim
promised me an
amaryllis.