His Kingdom
my neighbor
has a postage stamp front yard
the driveway makes up half of it
but his back yard spreads out
into golf course like splendor
a broad expanse of carefully coifed green
lined in back by a thick woods
of big and mature trees
with a large elevated deck
from which to oversee his kingdom
and he cares for it like a golf course
mows it like every other day
or more
picks up sticks
aerates
seed water and feeds it
nurtures it like a baby
a big beautiful mellow green baby
sometimes I think he drives around out there
pretending to mow
just because he loves it that much
and it does look amazing
so after all the years of being neighbors
I still don’t understand why
on the nicest of days
the most glorious of days
when the grass shines
and the trees move gently with the breeze
leaves whisper
birds sing
and the sun and the sky and the clouds
beg our wonderment
dude sits in his garage
overseeing his driveway
—C Driver
