Confessions and roots

(🌹they are deep)

Rose growers waste time on their roses; le Comte knew this,

So when they start upon a garden,
Are careful to plan the foundations;

Ensure that pots have good drainage,
Layer the soil with mint peat, and toss in a few worms.

Pick a good myrtle stick to guide it to the sky,
Next to our library’s window, or a cemetery wall.

And find enough daylight so that even o…