Sphingidae

Sphingidae

Miss Vee finds Sphingidae moths outside in the dark, brings them inside

for sport, the longest-lasting windup toy a cat could ever dream of

eclosion: the emergence of an insect from the pupa case, or of a larva from the egg

from Noble Beast Andrew Bird's "MasterSwarm":

Thank you, Chris.

a final snippet from Alice Notley's Culture of One (Penguin, 2007):

from The Doodad Affair

                                 I say, I dreamed I gave a reading

at the checkout counter of a supermarket, by

the tabloids and gum. I couldn’t get my music across —

Or was it all they heard were ideas — how boring —

again? Popup thoughts for scholars, obliterating

the poem. Fucking timepieces for heads. My harmonica’s

unheard, the lady’s dead broke. I broke her. For, I

always create myself.

planted iris throws between rocks in pond

moved the artemesia from the herb garden to the west cactus garden

moved a plant of which we have 5 the name of which I don’t know

— wide large spiky green leaves; 3”-thick woody trunk — to the pond

mystery plant

planted 14 types of herbs in veg & herb gardens

borage, chamomile, chives, cilantro, comfrey, dill, echinacea, ephedra

lemon balm, parsley, St. John’s Wort, sheep sorrel, stevia, yarrow

planted more rhubarb west of mechanical room

pond weeds

went to community lake with buckets & net to get fish & pond weeds

at least two small schools of fish swimming around our pond