Second Sowing · Third Ward, Houston

Before the sun clears the pecan, I am in the dirt.

Mulch is a blanket that breathes.

Cool the root, and the water stays. Patience made physical.

A garden is a ledger with two columns.

Water in on the left — tomatoes and collards and okra answer back on the right.

The fair-weather gardeners quit in August.

We stay. Water today for a harvest the front yard cannot see yet. It always comes.