Flagstone patio,
border-
flowers & grasses,
roses & lilacs,
birdbath & bougainvillea.
Of ten thousand pleasant choices,
my frail-winged nemesis
chose my grass-stained
earth-caked shoe
jammed upon
my sockless foot
to walk its six-leg kinhin*
in this Buddha-brief
world.
*’kinhin’ – Japanese for walking meditation