Intentions

I do not have plans;Goldfinch
I have intentions.
I intended to grow the basil
to seed, to spread from there

for the next year.
But a flock of goldfinches
Had other ideas, and landed,
all dazzling red and gold,
to feast.
.
And that’s all right too.

Chris Perley
May 2015

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