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Jean Calkins 
Marigold Heaven


Gardening?

We’re giving it up.

The work is too much

for these aging bodies.

We decided to try

one more year,

but drought and heat

reigned supreme

and not one morsel

was gathered. But, oh,

the garden is filled

to overflowing

with marigold blooms,

self-seeded, spread

by tilling throughout

the garden. We could

not have planned

this glorious spread.

Only God makes such

beautiful things,

far beyond our

capabilities.

What a shame

we don’t eat marigolds.






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