Plague Japanese Garden
koi
pond
quiet
save trickling
stream beneath tall pine
in calculated hover of
hophornbeam, amur maple and of course cherry trees
formed as full sized bonsai among granite pagodas along the sheltered looping path
our biblical prophet burghers banished us to block asian virus serpentine spread
to leave my quarantine dream walk across the stone bridge
to hues and forms of memory
where the cherry trees
forever
are in
full
bloom
