Inheritance: My father’s watches and: Gardening
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inheritance: my father’s watches
staring back i see their faceswith hands stuckin some odd hour asking questionswith arrows pointedtowards the mystery of number after his death they wonder. when will we die? where has he gone?
some with dead batteriesbands broken on others,a glass window crackedor scratched.
half theeye shoved in his pocket,so close to the nickels andquarters. up into the airtowards a registerwith the dollar bills crumpledand held between his fingers.
always on his wrist and yes,held high in the airtilted backso his eyes could see
the time.
gardening
these will grow,you will grow gradually,under the sun’s eyeunder white moon magic.
that black earth dirtain’t dirty.
it’s landtalking back [End Page 159]
under your nails on your kneessprout a beginning.do you seespring is here?
come with me
plant. [End Page 160]
Bro. Yao (Hoke S. Glover III) is a poet and an assistant professor of English at Bowie State University. His work has been published in Smartish Pace, Plougshares, and other journals.
