En el presidio los olivos escuchan

A Grandpa Grey green

s t r e t c h e s

in a warm coastal breeze, leaf.

his skin cracked.

A Spanish Missionary once dug into the rocky sea-salt soil,

placed him down,

two-hundred years of eyes and oils

pressed from the sagging branches of pottery wisdom

from his olive eyes.


Part II

Grandma FIG's got damp skin that stretches,
wrinkled, elegant
over a plump inside.
Her seeds of time that crunch
on the very taste bud
of sweet pleasures
her stem nutty and thick to hold onto her taste bud.

Being a Mama fig, makes a dried fig juicy and plump.
And sweet
Maiden Mother Queen Crone
Calimyrna Fig Pollinate