2007/badfrost

Dead plants. Bad frost.
Sinus congestion all week.
Geraniums, ficus, fucshias,
begonia, bougainvillea,
rubber plant, potato bush,
cuttings brought back from
Monterey and nurtured along.
Only the rosemary and lavender
still look strong,
and this year’s Christmas tree
already beginning to sprout.
The weather man says it’s
worse to prune things
back just yet.
But I feel it would be better
for me.
The landscape looks like
it’s been bombed,
I am eager to salvage
what I can and go on.
Leave behind the misery
that has been.

1/21/07