Fall Equinox

This farm is like a favorite uncle's coat
full of pockets
filled with the oddest assortment of unexpected treasures:
a fig tree, a raspberry bush, a guerrilla grape vine,
bonus pumpkins, self-seeding tomatoes, blackberries, blackberries, blackberries.
And did I mention blackberries?
Garlic so strong that tears will be shed,
and colds will vanish.
Ladybugs that rise up from the earth
to consume vast quantities of aphids,
garter snakes who sneakily devour
the slipperiest slug
and many other slugs who are not the slipperiest.
Swallows! Hummingbirds! Frogs! Kingfisher! Heron!
Bats who silently blanket the air above the pond, barn owl, barred owl -
even the darkest pockets have their treasures.

And I, daily small enough
to wiggle, happily adored,
into the safety of these arms
this farm
and rifle with delight
through all the pockets.