Sod

There is sod where his vegetables used to grow.
A square of sod next to the shed.

It’s got a different color
than the rest of the yard.
It’s an imposter.

The white shed
with a padlock
on the wood door,
he died after his cucumbers
came up.

First, he died
then he died more as the cucumbers
pushed through as well as the
cabbage and the sprouts. It was a purple earth
display as he died good that day
with tomatoes shivering
alone on the vine.

One year later, his daughter pulled up
the vegetables and planted sod
next to the shed, the padlocked
shed behind the house
rising over the white shadow,
bright green.