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Blooms Eternal

We’d gone ahead in the

stupid hope spring brings.

Now, spent by summer’s

searing heat,

worn-out snapdragons

look ashamed at the

mess around them. The rest

never did

measure up. It was all

wrong; choice of plants,

places for them,

the poor soil,

lack of sun.

And it’s too late to start over

(though leggy delphiniums are

on sale), too hot to bother.

Black aphids have won.

We sit with a catalogue

of latin names and a view

of the last geranium.