Unearthing Iris

October 14, 2012



Buried
deep within
grit cake
earth
left
laid
careless hands
too eager 
to cover what was

Twice overwintered
yellowed exuberant lengths
folded over itself
to wither
without even a nod

Passed 
Up and Over
a warm enthusiastic evening
weighting
yawning
further into the Cimmerian keep 

then one
returned to the plot
now only a whisper
of the garden
remaining
but he knows 
eager
removes his weathered gloves

Bare fingers
scratching leaves
no trace yet, found
probing through the roots
renounced long ago

stems grasped tightly
pulled free
wildly kicking at the air
soiled underpinnings
cast aside

long sturdy roots
wrap around wrists
arms, bearing 
down deeper
still seeking

hands cup under
firm arches 
raising the plush
waxen bulb, swollen
secret sugar cache
Calcified knots 
exposed
pinched
rolled between 
thumb, forefinger
releasing the memory 

the ground exhales
humid salty air
oozing up 
below
the surface

a bloom remained
preserved 
in your hands
then plunged
back
deep
into the softened
yielding soil

anew

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