NEXT TO YOU
Let me be next to
You while
The ground is
Cool and moist
I’ll listen
To the stream
And watch a centipede
©2012 Susan Wells Maidenhair Fern: Next to You, wood-fired ceramic, 7″ x 4.5″ Photo Credit: Soo Keith
It’s not summer right now. The thought of being next to a chilly stream is not appealing since its 26 degrees out. And the centipedes are all out of sight.
All the ingredients in this story are sleeping.
