7/12/08 Little Garden that Could

All the traditional garden plots are boasting
some massively oversized crops already
here in the second week of July.
And by traditional I mean Miracle Grow.

And the little organic plots like mine
look longingly over at them.
It's not just the grass that's greener,
apparently it's the corn and melons and tomatoes, too.

So I sit quietly and encouragingly, weeding
and hoping to love my plants enough
that they will grow, when what they really want
is some of that petroleum-derived deliciousness.