【庭院之王】【King of the Yard 】

      【King of the Yard 】

              文/天玉之

I have the brain and power to 

Trap Japanese beetles

Kill rabbits with BB guns 

Net berries to keep from birds, so that

I can grow irises, lilies, and roses 

I drive to the trap of my own

Nine to five, 360 days

Pay taxes and dues 

Adapt to the systems, institutions of 

Job, marriage, children, so that

My next generation has the money 

To buy a big house with 

Japanese beetles, rabbits, and birds

To grow irises, lilies, and roses 

They say 

I am the King of the Yard

Am I?

           2022.7.22