dry world

NASHVILLE. Vertical fence-boards so dry they curl, some convex, some concave, rear panel like a frizzled comb. The order of bloom on the lawn has reached its midsummer peak. The trajectory: March=wild onions April=dandelions, star-moss at stones’ edges and around treeroots May=white clover, wild plantain; star-moss dries and disappears, wild onions long gone June=white clover wilts, grasses begin to prevail July=grasses and plantain, fresh woodbine and poison ivy shoots everywhere peeping brightly upward.

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