Yard Salad – v2

With an old newspaper
for a bowl, a plate and
water from the hose
for their salad dressing,
I saw them thinking, mixing,
working their collective talents,
it was all about the presentation…
 
Four junior chefs, gathered,
with ages from three to ten,
yanked and threshed a yard salad,
from the wet, rain drenched,
and shower fed field of weeds,
beside our in-town home…
 
Clover, dandelion, plantain
and grasses of varying length,
with dirt included bodily,
heaped on the makeshift platter,
stirred with pine and oak,
until they were ready
for their presentation…
 
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Edited March 15, 2024
Yard Salad – v2
 
5/30/05 21:49, edited 5/31/05 12:22
Yard Salad
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