Waiting

I was a sparrow once.

I sat on a branch

And did all the things

Sparrows do.

Lamp light shatters on the pavement,

It must have gotten lost,

But I, I just don’t know.

The world is a small whirlpool -

A little confusing, and I’ve

Never seen one.

No. Maybe a cardboard box,

Useful but lonely.

I’m sitting next to a pepper plant

Now. Its drying in a plastic pot.

The texture of the peppers -

Most magnificent.

Wish you could see it.