ivy tender_square i spend $18 on two potted purple mums for the stoop, a declaration. i shear the purple smoke bush grown too shaggy in places. i rip the strands of creeping charlie and the tongues of ivy choking shrubs and decorative fountain trees. i find a broken mauve mug the tenant threw into stones, the handle snapped free. i fill the container with a dirty tissue and remnants of his last cigarettes. i rake the scattershot of leaves and stems into a pile and lay them to rest in a paper bag. 230902 what's it to you? who go blather from