A dream of clay,
compost, worms and foxes.
A gecko or two. Warblers & chickadees-big black crows and (rats!)
Some daffodils, stubborn agave. A willow branch sunk-in soil, sprouts leaves,
seems to like it here.

Funky evergreens, turtle surveys all in his tank, last year's peppers lay yellow
and red in an elevated bed.

Dokudami, wandering god of crevices, persistence soon, to spread everywhere
should we let her.

Our backyard Kichijoji garden. Western Tokyo uplands, just up
from i-no-kashira: kanda-gawa springs
from here we begin this turning

of dirt into soil,
soil into sprouts, something
wild, growing back, building a home among the birds, the bugs
failed lawn, last years violets return among the vinca, ferns
dream of foxes, compost worms and clay