A Small Needful Fact
Is that Eric Garner worked
for some time for the Parks and Rec.
Horticultural Department, which means,
perhaps, that with his very large hands,
perhaps, in all likelihood,
he put gently into the earth
some plants which, most likely,
some of them, in all likelihood,
continue to grow, continue
to do what such plants do, like house
and feed small and necessary creatures,
like being pleasant to touch and smell,
like converting sunlight
into food, like making it easier
for us to breathe.
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Used with permission.
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Ross Gay is a gardener and teacher living in Bloomington, Indiana. His book, Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude, is available from University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015.
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9 comments:
Thank you for this.
Touching.
Thanks from an old lady.
This is lovely. Thank you.
As a gardener and a human, thank you.
Beautiful and necessary.
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Janet Vickers - absolutely! We just ask that you include all the attribution info, to the poet and to Split This Rock Poem of the Week.
Thanks!
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