There were wild strawberries in the backyard
choked by bones and leeched
by dandelions.
I liked to make wishes on them.
I didn't realize what
they did then
that they spread like a disease
and took the water from
the other plants.
Still they were magical then
as everything in
childhood somehow is.
how it keeps such a glow like that
i'll never
know.
The virgin mary was there too
she was in the backyard
surrounded
by tall grass and weeds
we were meant to tend.
There wasn't time enough.
there was too much to look after.
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