Gardens along Fenway

The vital garden has transformed

into a cemetery of wintry colors

vines and plants once juniper

now thin and brittle to the touch,

concentration camps of the past.

Thick wood and chairs disguised

weathered and worn

like glass massaged by salty waves.

decorated with treasures

garden plots resemble graves,

pharaoh tombs in downtown Boston,

wild birds speckled among golden straw

on fire with winter sun.

Caroline Whalen