Rocks in The Garden

Rocks in a garden, isolation, invocation

Rocks in a garden, sizes, shapes, colors

Gray in intent, rocks in a garden, huddled

Yet sparse, mutually repelling, poke marked

Aged agents, crazed edges, sharp chirped tones

Rocks in a garden where birds streak white tales

Birds of all colors, shapes, sizes, rocking in a garden

We age inside the house, far from the garden, glass covers

Windows and curtains, pots and pans, cats and bowls

Not in the garden, no rocks up the inclined burden

Remote control, wifi, surround sound, creature comfy

No rocks but music, no garden but in salads, no in, no a.

Tales of cats, curses, birds, fences, trees dreaming of answers

I write for rocks moved in the garden, you, smiling off camera.

Bedros Afeyan 5-21-2020 Pleasanton, CA