Wednesday
May302012
The Imperial Family Arrives

With my garden hose
I humbly wash
the feet of these aristocrats
as they progress in arrogance
across my garden.
All winter, their knotted corms
gripped like knuckles
into frozen earth.
Today, green spikes guard
their magnificence,
transparent and formidable
in robes of gauzy purple,
white and gold.
Jennifer Carrasco