SOME SWEET TOMATO

My dear friend, Pam, found this poem for me. It goes with the Sunday's post, where Princess Sweet Pea found the woman trying to sweep up her friend's ashes from the pharmacy floor.

"Post Humus”

By Patti Tana

“Scatter my ashes in my garden

so I can be near my loves.
Say a few honest words, sing a gentle song,

join hands in a circle of flesh.

Please tell some stories about me

making you laugh. I love to make you laugh.

When I've had time to settle, and green

gathers into buds, remember I love blossoms

bursting in spring. As the season ripens

remember my persistent passion.

And if you come into my garden

on an August afternoon

pluck a bright red globe,

let juice run down your chin and the seeds

stick to your cheek. When I'm dead

want folks to smile and say:

“That Patti,

She sure is some Tomato!”

- Patti Tana

Patti Tana reads “Post Humus” and eight other poems on her website: pattitana.com “Post Humus” is included in Patti’s book "Make Your Way Across This Bridge" (Whittier Publications, Inc, Island Park, NY, 2003).