Squash Seeds

Squash Seeds

No one gave me any
zucchini last summer,
in spite of common knowledge
that everyone who plants it
has way too much, shoving their
excess into the hands of innocent
passersby.
The truth is that I had planned
to grow zucchini in my own
garden plot, but Spring arrived
and I couldn’t find the seed packet.
I refused to buy another one
on some long-forgotten, and
no-doubt idiotic principle.
On this bitter night, with
spring an impossible promise,
in view from a location where
I almost never sit,
I spot the seeds waiting
patiently for me until
planting time arrives.
I’ll leave them there
so I know where to
look next time.