So I'm at one of my happy places -- Bancroft Succulent Garden in Walnut Creek, CA. The light is particularly beautiful on a beautiful Fall afternoon. One of the docents points out this succulent. Modest. "'This is the first succulent Ruth Bancroft planted in her garden 50 years ago. She was frugal." Of course, the succulent above is not one of Ruth's originals, but it is the exact type the Great Genius Ruth planted. I was jazzed all day.
The creaky wheels of the pop up taco stand
ReplyDeleteshimmer in the mission sun
and nowhere but the burner behind the window
does it reason out its cactus scents
i hold on to last night's sweaty dream
in which I flew but told no one I could