Poetry

Gardeners and Cosmologists
by Mario Milosevic

A new theory of the universe starts in the fall
and suggests dormancy. When space and time
experience a good hard freeze, the big bang
may expand only until the weather heats up.

This is when the endless cycle of expansion
and rebirth may repair the damaged cells.
While the plants leaf out, the theory proposes
that the green buds in each cycle must refill

with hot, dense matter. Then it will be safe
to add compost, which begins once the leaf
develops a period of expansion and cooling.
You should always wait until fall to begin

standard model transplanting. The big bang
unearthed shrubs after fourteen billion years.
It is best to accelerate the expansion of the
universe, as many gardeners have demonstrated.

Trillions of years are possible when you keep
the roots clean. Matter and radiation are damp.
Now lift from the earth a dissipated energy field,
with clinging air pockets. It pervades the plot.

When possible, restart the cycle with the plants
and their longstanding problems. A rule of thumb:
twelve root inches, which has dominated the lush
fields in a growing season composed of eons.