late Sunday afternoon
gathering purple bougainvillea cuttings
outside an abandoned house
dusty quiet side road Benidorm Spain
experimenting 20 cuttings in water
20 in local mud from around the roots
I’m feeling no pain with the heat & warmth
& very possibly the 1euro beers had
when she weaves into view with her man
whatcha doin? she asks rhetorically
as she can see full well the scene
cuttings in a jar scissors in hand
I’m taking bougainvillea cuttings I offer
oh I can never make those to take
how are you doing it?
& I tell her I’m trying 20 in water 20 in mud
ooh that’s a great idea she says
the secret to having green thumbs I tell her
is to take 20 cuttings & if 1 takes
yer a green thumbed garden wizard harry
hey she yells to her man who is stumbling on
this fella ses if I take 20 cuttings & if one takes
I got green thumbs!
it was about then that I quit
still having euros to spend
