Walled Garden
	Deepsouth v.4 n.2 (Spring 1998)
Copyright (c) 1999 by Robert Berry	Robert Berry
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            Painted pots bake on the gravel
            The latch of the gate is
            Hot to touch

            Come in
            Sticky fruit is falling

            On a jar of jam
            A wasp walks the sweet rim

            Black cat
            	lavishes in sun

            Water gathers in one corner of the garden
            Stands	Smells	frog-green

            Brown veined leaves are burning
            Snakes hunger about the greenhouse


            and a cold angel
            Thinks
            On the neat box hedge