These flat pink sedimentary stones
\nthat I place in this curving path
\nform a jigsaw puzzle born millennia ago
\nin the bottom of an alien sea,
\ngathered from a quarry and stacked
\non a pallet a few years ago
\nso I could solve the story told
\nin its long slow dream.<\/p>\n
Between the long serpentine edges
\nthat I have nailed to the ground,
\nand on top of the gray stone dust
\nthat I have shoveled and raked level,
\nI study shape and color, thickness,
\nand pattern; I observe the waiting
\noblong almost triangular space,
\nthen flick my eyes back at the stack
\nand the pieces I have dropped onto the lawn
\ncomparing over and over until I find
\nthe possibly perfect fit. The story unfolds
\naround my garden as I have discovered it
\nand translated it anew for generations
\nto awaken and relive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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