Poem written in midsummer in the late afternoon

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Among the many reasons

I’m glad Marissa secured

Her appointment

As gardener-in-chief

This year the primary one

Being that her highly developed

Organizational skills

Have proved decisive

In the abatement of chaos

Within the backyard forty

We’re in the midst

Of achieving great new things

Breaking various bad habits

Thinking about raised beds

And experiencing record growth

Under the new regime

Of both edible and

Decorative plants

So the summer passes

With periods of searing heat

Intermixed with short but

Intense bouts of anxiety

And self-doubt  

Hot as it was today

Even the grass heaves

A sigh of relief now

That it’s come around  
To the late afternoon
And the aperture of coolness

Dilates with evening's approach