Saturday, April 14, 2012

irriguous

ir·rig·u·ous [ih-rig-yoo-uhs] adjective
Archaic . well-watered, as land.

Growing up, my mother had no green
Thumb, although we had a garden, a 3-
Acre yard, everything we touched, wilted,
Turned yellow, no matter how well-watered.
Sometimes, even the well went dry
Filling the pool, forgetting the hose was still
Running - a stream, a clear tongue forever
Lapping into the surface, losing itself
In the deeper water. Wet into wet, one body
Into another. I dove into it, but mine
Stayed the same. My water, trapped
Inside my tight, child's skin, hitting
The bottom, bouncing off with my feet,
Resilient. Bobbing. My own little island.

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