Holly Says Sobriety Is Paying Attention

By Susan Landers

Orange tabby in the foxglove. 
Four beets in a bag. 
The poppy’s blocky skeleton. 
A net full of mulberries, 
            sweetest 
                        at the point 
                        they let go. 

Untie
the soft knots
of the crochet.
Begin again.
Look,
there’s a lily.
Look,
there’s another one.