the pond

i look outside on the deck at the planter, the empty old planter,

there is junk stored in the planter, not a way to treat something so beautiful.

i take out all ov the junk, and put newspaper down on the bottom, and a coupple black garbage bags over top of the paper

i go to the store and buy some plastic.

i line the planter with the plastic, filling it with enough water to push the plastic in to the corners.



i add rocks, and plants and a light or two.

then i go to the shore and get a few perriwinkles

then i fill the planter the rest of the way with water to make a pond

such a beautiful way to keep the planter in use

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Ernest Bevans's picture

splendid little prose piece!