(After Gwendolyn Brooks and bone folder press)

 
A section of neglected weeding. We
leave a bed waiting on mulch, while real
pruning’s put off til the next cool 
morning. Seeds sown when we
still have a sliver of season left.
 
The garden isn’t grading our school
work. The garden asks that we
tend it rather than mope or lurk, 
and a little delay’s better than too late.