By Kaveh Akbar
Orchids are sprouting from the floorboards.
Orchids are gushing out from the faucets.
The cat mews orchids from his mouth.
His whiskers are also orchids.
The grass is sprouting orchids.
It is becoming mostly orchids.
The trees are filled with orchids.
The tire swing is twirling with orchids.
The sunlight on the wet cement is a white orchid.
The car’s tires leave a trail of orchids.
A bouquet of orchids lifts from its tailpipe.
Teenagers are texting each other pictures
of orchids on their phones, which are also orchids.
Old men in orchid penny loafers
furiously trade orchids.
Mothers fill bottles with warm orchids
to feed their infants, who are orchids themselves.
Their coos are a kind of orchid.
The clouds are all orchids.
They are raining orchids.
The walls are all orchids,
the teapot is an orchid,
the blank easel is an orchid,
and this cold is an orchid. Oh,
Lydia, we miss you terribly.
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We had to take our car to be inspected to get a Massachusetts safety sticker, so after doing house stuff in the morning, we took the car to Gordie's in Holden for the inspection. The repair shop is right on Chaffin Pond and it was 70 degrees and gorgeous, so when we were finished, we went to the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, which we had visited with Adam and Haley last spring. Despite the temperature, there was still a lot of snow on the ground, so we only saw a few crocuses and snowdrops outside, but there was an orchid exhibit in the greenhouses with big decorative sculptures, so that was lovely as well.
We stopped at Shaw's on the way home for food for the week and the various pantry staples we keep realizing we need to replace -- vinegar, soy sauce, everything in a glass bottle that we couldn't pack -- then I did some rearranging of our gazillion empty boxes in the garage before dinner, after which my DS9 group watched "The Search, Part 2" (one of the many great Kira/Odo episodes as well as an important Dominion storyline). One of my group members said she was enjoying Bookish, so now we're watching that, and it has Mark Gatiss, Polly Walker, historic booksellers, and British mystery drama, so it's all very enjoyable.
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